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May 16, 2020 by Bob Brown

Swellesley reader MC caught this excellent video of a muskrat doing its thing at the edge of State Street Pond (Skating Pond) near the Wellesley High School track.

We love wildlife shots, so keep ’em coming: theswellesleyreport@gmail.com

Muskrat at Wellesley’s State Street Pond (Skating Pond)

Posted by The Swellesley Report (Wellesley, Mass.) on Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Meanwhile, over at Longfellow Pond…

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Separately, Len Ho shared these fantastic hawk photos. Good to see someone is making good use of Sprague Field during the pandemic shutdown.

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Sprague hawk
Photos by Len Ho

And we caught this blue heron checking out different spots on the Charles River.

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Suzy Littlefield shared the story about the photo below of a snake:

“While walking down the Sudbury path to Guernsey Sanctuary on Thursday I saw a frog in the stream.  I went to get a picture but the snake was faster!  You can just see a leg or two coming out of his mouth.”

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Photo by Suzy Littlefield

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