Common Nature

We had a bunch of muskrat sightings over the summer. There has been a mating pair in our lake and they are still active as we can usually see one floating in the water most days.

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I was coming home a few months ago when I was startled not only to see a low flying hawk but it almost hit the car. The first photo is of it flying away and not great quality but I included it to demonstrate how low it was flying -- just a few feet above the road.

As it happens it landed at the entrance to our neighborhood, so I was able to stop the car and take some photos. It had caught a squirrel though I can't make it out in these pics.( Read more... )

We were startled to see this raptor out on our balcony yesterday. We've seen Coopers Hawks here before but this bird was gray rather than brown and seemed smaller. I was particularly struck by its red eyes. ( Read more... )

Still catching up on photos from earlier this year, which includes a sighting of this guy on our balcony one morning. ( Read more... )

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