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Morel Mushroom
Signs of Spring in Bolton and Sudbury
Sighting Date:
April 29, 2011 
Dawn Dentzer photographed some local signs of spring: a morel mushroom and a ruby-throated hummingbird in her Sudbury back yard and some wood frog eggs in a Bolton vernal pool.
Morel Mushroom
Sighting Date:
May 16, 2008 Dawn Dentzer photographed this morel in Sudbury (click on image for a larger view).
