That's the wildlife we saw on our most recent nature hike along the Perkiomen Creek as we enjoyed blissfully low humidity, refreshing temperatures, and blue skies before another round of tropical weather hits. After recent rains the creek was running high and little mountainside streams were pouring down to meet it. I don't remember seeing the two pretty little trailside waterfalls the last time we walked there, but that's probably because they were non-existent at the time.
Three weeks ago I had photographed two fawns grazing in a field along the path. When we looked for them this time in the same location, we spotted only one of them. I hope no harm has come to its sibling. I never see chipmunks in my backyard, but since we were only about 15 miles from home while spotting one on the hiking trail, it may just be that chipmunks prefer a woodsier setting than I can provide.
The two unidentified raptors were soaring above the rain-swollen creek. I haven't tried to identify them yet, but they seemed to have light colored feathers at their wingtips (which seemed to be open much like fingers on a hand), and their tails were rather short and somewhat boxy, rather than very rounded. Since they were soaring over the creek, it seems likely that they were looking for a meal of fish.
Well, I think I'm caught up on things for now. I can't believe I've been able to get all these posts in without the screen freezing or IE shutting down. I'm certainly not complaining as I had expected I'd be heading off to the library again.
~~Leequi