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PHOTO: Spring swim

Avatar photo by Paul Franz April 15, 2026April 15, 2026

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A male and female common merganser swim in a pool above the Sawmill River dam in Leverett. Credit: PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo
Tagged: Leverett MA, nature, outdoors, Photo Galleries, Wildlife
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Paul Franz is the Photo Editor of the Greenfield Recorder and has worked there since 1989. He can be reached at pfranz@recorder.com More by Paul Franz

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