Silt Island, Philadelphia

A baby beaver emerged from the Schuylkill to feed on fresh salad mix right below the Silt Island boardwalk last evening. It was about the size of a house cat.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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MLK Drive, Philadelphia

I was starting to think we were going to have a summer entirely without fledglings! So I was happy to hear the plaintive cry of a juvenile hawk along MLK Drive this morning. When I returned for a closer look tonight I found two siblings flying from perch to perch and crying for their parents. This is the lighter colored one.

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