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This Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) is really into this Daylily.

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A Tiger Swallowtail butterfly sits in a vibrant orange Daylily flower, surrounded by green foliage and blurred background elements.

Northern Bobwhite at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond Sanctuary.

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A photograph of a Northern Bobwhite on a stone (it was making its way up an old stone wall).

And here's why I kept seeing those Killdeer at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond Sanctuary—they're nesting (just a depression in the beach rocks with well-camouflaged eggs). Easy to miss, easy to accidentally step on. The area is cordoned off now.

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A photograph of the well-camouflaged eggs of a Killdeer (a crop from a shot taken with a long lens—I did not get anywhere near this close to them, nor should you.)

A Killdeer along the Beach Loop at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond Sanctuary. I had made a few trips on 3 or 4 successive days out there (looking for something else), and there were a pair of them in pretty much the same area of the beach each time.

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A photograph of a Killdeer walking in front of a stone smoothed by long exposure to the surf.

A Spotted Sandpiper on the shore at Gooseberry Island.

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A photograph of a Spotted Sandpiper walking down a sloped rock covered in rockweed, with the ocean visible behind it.

A Fowler's Toad (I *think*) spotted over at Gooseberry Island.

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A photograph of the head and some of the body of a Fowler's Toad sitting amid some broken twigs and gravel.

A Common Yellowthroat singing at Gooseberry Island.

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A photograph of a Common Yellowthroat perched in a V-shaped branch, its mouth open and singing. The background is blurred and shows a mix of green and duller brown.

Great Egret perched on the bleached branches of a downed tree at Burrage Pond WMA.

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A Great Egret perched on a tangle of dead branches, surrounded by marsh grasses.

Two (out of the group of eleven) Glossy Ibis I spotted on my last visit to Burrage Pond WMA.

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Mama Hooded Merganser with four of her chicks (I counted seven all told) out at Burrage Pond WMA.

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A Hooded Merganser paddling along with four of her ducklings, on rippling water reflecting greenery from behind.

A Halloween Pennant dragonfly.

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A Great Egret being chased off his fishing spot by a female Red-winged Blackbird at Burrage Pond WMA.

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A Great Egret being chased by a female Red-winged Blackbird against a blurred background of greenery.

A Willet at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond sanctuary, about to grab a snack.

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A close-up shot of a Willet leaning down to grab a bug of some sort.

A Willet at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond sanctuary.

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A Willet giving a screech while standing on a stone wall.

A painted turtle out at Burrage Pond; this little lady was one of at least four I spotted out depositing a clutch of eggs trailside somewhere in a single afternoon.

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