On a lunch walk in the Bear Creek Greenbelt, I stopped by a House Wren nest above the pedestrian bridge:

Juvenile House Wren

Dragonflies are now in and around Bear Creek:

Twelve-spotted skimmer

Here’s one of the juveniles at the Red-tailed Hawk nest on Yale:

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk

And here it is flying:

Red-tailed Hawk fledgling

Here’s the other juvenile Red-tailed Hawk:

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk

And here it is flying:

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk fledgling

Mama Red-tailed Hawk was not far from her fledglings:

Adult Red-tailed Hawk female

On the walk home, I saw a Song Sparrow singing in its usual place above the marsh:

Song Sparrow

Also in the marsh young Red-winged Blackbirds were begging for food:

Red-winged Blackbirds

Finally, a Double-crested Cormorant, a regular fixture on the south side of the creek near the pedestrian bridge:

Double-crested Cormorant