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| Crow vs. neighborhood hawk |
Time for a visual update on what's going on along our stretch of Little Swamp Creek. This post is all fauna. I'll blog about the flora soon.
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| Neighborhood Red-tailed hawk |
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| Red-tailed Hawk sitting it their nest. |
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| Heron hunting again in the field behind our yard. |
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| Deer in the field. There were four, including a young one. |
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| A Long-toed Salamander that was hiding under a wood pile. |
This song sparrow appears to have claimed a particular area of our yard as his. I frequently see him in this western hazelnut or the Indian plum right next to it -
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| Varied Thrush |
Living here I get to see birds that I always used to think of as a "forest" birds (birds that I would only hear and see when hiking or camping) right in our yard. This varied thrush is a great example.
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| This poor Golden-crowned Kinglet ran into our window. Luckily he recovered and flew away. |
Here's the greatest development of all - Black-capped chickadees have moved into this nesting box near our front door -
