3:00 snapshot, #138.

[urbpan]

Some restful time in between two epic dog walks to Ward's Pond. The wildlife is amazing today for some reason. We saw great blue herons, a black-crowned night heron, a pair of eastern kingbirds, tree swallows and bank swallows, many turtles including a painted turtle laying eggs, dozens of pumpkinseeds guarding their nests, three eastern cottontails, and a Norway rat--all of which were very close to the path eying us suspiciously. And as I'm writing this a skunk is milling about in the yard across the street. I love the summer.

My friend Gribley encountered a deer down the street from my house, in a park very close to a very active part of the city. See the evidence here.

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[lavenderjones.livejournal.com]

We call "pumpkinseeds" "sunfish", because "crappie" is a nasty name.

[gribley.livejournal.com]

Local birder mattkan posted a photo of a deer in the arboretum (http://flickr.com/photos/mattkan/507704370/), which surprises me almost as much. I wonder if they live in town, or are just wandering around? Maybe they just commute in on the Green Line...

[frederic.livejournal.com]

many turtles including a painted turtle laying eggs

Have you ever read David Carroll's Self-Portrait with Turtles? I think that you'd enjoy that book for a variety of reasons.