I've never captured two before, in one picture.

But I did this time. Two red foxes.

I don't know what they are doing. They don't seem to be fighting, and their breeding season is in the middle of the winter.

This is the time of year when the families split up and the young have to go out and find a territory of their own, so that could explain the pictures. Or perhaps it's just an odd coincidence.

And a great blue heron stopped by to say hello as well. Beautiful birds, aren't they?

And we'll leave with one last. I love the eyes in this one. Look closely in the center of the photographs and you'll see them. Based on the other photographs in the sequence, I'm sure it's a raccoon. 

It's hawk migration season. Cromwell is a great place to watch. 

https://www.hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?tab=inv_t&rsite=621&dyearsel=2016

Don't forget to go outside and play.

Meanwhile, at the watering hole...

I don't really have a lot to say about these photographs. They're all taken at a small pool in one of the creeks in the park.

It's been a lovely summer. Enjoy the photos, I hope. And don't you wonder if foxes wish they had opposable thumbs?

No trolls.....

....but there are some other animals spending a lot of time under the bridge. Their photographs are below.

When I first saw one of them, I thought it might be a beaver. I believe that is a pretty good example of what birdwatchers call expectancy bias. Where the hope of seeing a thing tends to distort your vision of what you actually do see. Scroll through the pictures and see if the same thing happens to you....

Don't forget to go outside and play.

A small adventure in the night.....

The Comings and Goings of a Common grackle

Lots of critters, including Wile E. Coyote..... and two deer that haven't yet dropped their antlers....

Spring is in the air. I had a chance to check the camera recently and found the usual assortment of animals in the park.

I also captured a coyote. This is, if memory serves, only the third time I've done that. So far, only one at a time. I've not captured any evidence of them travelling in a pack. I also note that they seem to be out only at night, unlike the red fox.

And I was very surprised to capture a few images of deer with their antlers still on. I was under the impression that they would have dropped their antlers some time ago. I wonder what's happening with that.

Enjoy the pictures.

Coyote

Coyote

Don't forget to go out and play,

Coyote, and a bonus spider

Well, all I have to do is listen to the wise people in the world, and I can find what I'm after. And what I've been after for some time is a coyote. 

I know they are in the park, but I'd like to have more sense of how many and where. 

Well, I have at least one, and this one is near the balancing reservoir. 

Herewith the photos, and some videos. 

I hope you enjoy them. 

Zoom, zoom.

Don't forget to go outside and play.