Craig Smith photographed the following at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury: black-capped chickadee, common whitetail dragonfly, gray squirrel, mourning doves, red squirrel, and a thread-waisted wasp.
Dawn Dentzer used her automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph three young gray squirrels exploring the area around their nest in Sudbury.
Steve from Stow photographed the following in his backyard: Baltimore oriole, ruby-throated hummingbird, yellow warbler, gray squirrel, mourning dove, northern cardinal, rose-breasted grosbeak, red-bellied woodpecker.
Craig Smith photographed the following at SVT's Greenways Conservation Area in Wayland: American kestrel, brown-headed cowbird, eastern bluebird, gray squirrel, mourning doves, northern flicker, tufted titmouse, and a pair of wood ducks.
Mark Roberts photographed a swarm of honey bees at his birdfeeder in Stow. After some research online, he found that bees will occasionally feed at birdfeeders not for the corn but for the pollen in the dust. He said the swarm knocks a good amount of the seed onto the ground, which makes the gray squirrels quite happy.
Dawn Dentzer photographed this melanistic gray squirrel at her home in Sudbury. A brief description of the characteristic found in some gray squirrels, and many other species, can be found on Mass Audubon's site.
Craig Smith recorded video of several species during a visit to SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury. Included in the video are: gray squirrel, American bullfrog, red-winged blackbird, ebony jewelwing damselfly, common whitetail dragonfly, great crested flycatcher, and gray catbird.