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Joan Chasan photographed the following at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in in Concord: Canada geese, eastern tiger swallowtail, great blue heron, a marsh wren nest, northern water snakes, osprey, sora, a warbling vireo in its nest, wood ducks, and a yellow warbler in its nest.

Steve from Stow photographed the following in his back yard: Baltimore oriole, ruby-throated hummingbird, common yellowthroat, American robin, black-throated blue warbler, gray catbird, rose-breasted grosbeak, yellow-rumped warbler, American redstart, black-throated green warbler, and yellow warbler.

Joan Chasan photographed this eastern bluebird off Lyman Street in Westborough.

Laura Mattei reports seeing an American woodcock doing its broken wing display, something a mother woodcock will do to draw attention away from its nest or chicks, at SVT's Greenways Conservation Area in Wayland.

Joan Chasan photographed a common yellowthroat, great blue heron and red-winged blackbird at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.

Joshua Passe photographed this killdeer and its nest amongst strawberries at Linden Tree Farm in Lincoln. The adult killdeer often attempt to draw attention away from their vulnerable ground nests by feigning injury to their wings, as this one is doing in the first photo.

Russ Place photographed this red-tailed hawk nest, with two chicks, in Hudson

Raj Das photographed Canada geese and goslings, a common carp, warbling vireo, and wood ducks at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.

Sharon Tentarelli photographed this northern cardinal nest, with two chicks, in Sudbury.

Gerry White photographed these mute swans on the Sudbury River in Wayland.

Craig Smith used an automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph this American black bear at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.  Craig said the bear was obviously very curious about the camera.  When he checked on it, the metal rod holding the camera up was bent over with the camera facing down, and the only photos taken after the bear were of the ground.

Steve from Stow photographed these eastern bluebirds and rose-breasted grosbeaks in his back yard.

Gerry White photographed a downy woodpecker, mallard and wood ducks off Pelham Island Road in Wayland.

Joan Chasan photographed red-winged blackbirds and a yellow warbler at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.

Sharon Tentarelli photographed this northern cardinal and its chick at their nest in Sudbury.