The crew cutting down a dying oak on East Campus earlier this month expected to uncover a hollow limb.
They didn’t expect a little head to pop out of the hole.
“We’re like, ‘What the heck is that?’” said Brian Dieterman, assistant manager for the university’s landscape services. “We’re used to seeing squirrels in trees, but this didn’t look like a squirrel.”
Neither did the next three animals that emerged and peered down with oversized eyes, as bewildered by the encounter as the humans who were staring back up at them.
Then they scurried. Some went up the tree; some went down. They circled the trunk. But one by one, they settled on the same perch about 30 feet off the ground.
“And then they jumped, and floated over to the next tree.”
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A flying squirrel leaps from one oak to the next earlier this month on East Campus.
The whole scene took only a minute or two, but it was enough time for one of Dieterman’s co-workers to record the last leap -- the tiny animal sailing to the next oak over and slipping out of view.
The 20-second video found its way to the inbox of Larkin Powell, a professor of conservation biology.
He watched the animal’s outstretched arms, winglike flaps stretched between front and hind paws, as it leapt from tree to tree. He listened to the response of the crew watching from the ground.
“Oh, my God,” one said.
“That’s insane,” said another.
And it was, in a way. The video proved flying squirrels had settled on East Campus. But they weren’t supposed to be there, at least not lately.
As far as Powell knew, the only remaining Nebraska population of the nocturnal and tiny animals -- they weigh about as much as a tennis ball, or a deck of cards -- was 90 miles away in the state’s southeast corner, among the dense, hardwood forests near Indian Cave State Park.
Yet they had been living undetected -- until now -- in the treetops just above the animal experts at the university’s School of Natural Resources.
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A flying squirrel stops on a tree at Indian Cave State Park.
Powell was surprised by their presence, but not by their elusiveness.
“It’s among the species that’s harder to document because they’re not out when people are around,” he said. “And they’re little dudes.”
Powell contacted the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, on the northwest corner of the campus.
Shaun Dunn, a natural heritage zoologist for the state, was not as surprised. He turned to his computer, called up a spreadsheet and added the latest Lincoln sightings to a growing list.
* * *
The first two confirmed flying squirrel reports came in 2018, from the Country Club Neighborhood, though it could have been the same animal spotted twice.
Dunn and his colleagues recorded another sighting in 2019, in the Eastridge Neighborhood, six in 2020 -- many of them near the College View area -- and two more last year, in the West A and Country Club neighborhoods.
The East Campus reports increased the number of confirmed sightings to 15.
But the commission hasn’t recorded any reports from the expanse between Lincoln and Indian Cave State Park, where it might expect to see them if the animals were moving here on their own.
“And that started giving us all sorts of questions about how did they get here?”
They have theories.
Last year, a Windstream crew surprised a mother and two young inside a plastic boot wrapped around communication wires a block north of Southeast High School.
Maybe the squirrels hitched a ride north on a utility truck?
Or did they get caught up in camping equipment at Indian Cave and end up in Lincoln?
Or were they escaped pets? If that were the case, and they were the state’s native southern flying squirrels, it would have been illegal to keep them, because the species is considered threatened in Nebraska.
If they were another species, like northern flying squirrels, that would be concerning, too, because Dunn didn’t know whether they could dilute or disrupt the gene pool of the southern flying squirrel.
But Dunn was almost certain the animals didn’t cross farm fields southeast of Lincoln to make it to the city. That would be too big of a leap.
“As a biologist, I’ve seen crazy things that animals can do. But it’s very unlikely they made it here on their own.”
Still, it’s clear Lincoln has a small but growing flying squirrel population. The nest with the juvenile pair found in the Windstream wires confirmed it. Flying squirrels were reproducing and raising families here.
“When I started working at the agency, people were starting to say, ‘We’re getting flying squirrels.’ Now that we’re starting to get more sightings, I’m more than willing to say we have a population. But I’m just dying to know how they got here.”
* * *
Now that flying squirrels had flown into their lap, the faculty at the School of Natural Resources saw research potential, and a teachable topic for their students.
There was a problem, though, Powell said. “It’s a species the rest of us know nothing about.”
But he knew a guy.
Don Althoff earned his master’s in 1978 on East Campus in poultry and wildlife sciences, researching Waverly-area coyotes.
The semi-retired wildlife conservation professor at Ohio’s University of Rio Grande has been studying southern flying squirrels for nearly 30 years.
“I’ve been doing it for a long time, chasing this one species,” he said. “My work right now is more of a passion than a requirement.”
He designed a flying squirrel-specific nesting box, and he and his students have installed 400 of them in trees across five Ohio counties.
They check the boxes regularly and, if animals are home, they block the front door, open a side hatch and further their research -- weighing the squirrels, attaching ear tags, taking scat samples and then sending them on their way.
He estimates he’s handled 2,000 flying squirrels in his career, giving him rare, daylight views of the normally nocturnal animals. He’s watched them glide 40, 50, even 75 yards upon their release. He’s watched them bank and veer around trees to get to their landing zone.
“It’s incredible. I’ve seen them make a right-angle turn.”
Though graceful in the air, the animals are awkward on the ground, he said. Their sail-like flaps runs from wrist to ankle, so they move more like a hobbled horse.
So he was surprised to hear they’d made it all the way to Lincoln. “I’m kind of shocked to know they’re there, and there’s a local population,” he said.
He was happy to help his alma mater. Althoff sent blueprints for his nesting box to Lincoln, and the director of the School of Natural Resources got busy in his basement.
John Carroll typically builds furniture in his wood shop. And birdhouses. He’s pretty sure he’s made a birdhouse for everyone at his school. But a squirrel house wasn’t that different, and it only took him about an hour and several pieces of pine to replicate Althoff’s design.
They installed it 10 feet up in another oak tree Wednesday, hoping to attract the displaced flying squirrels.
But that’s just the beginning. Carroll could see the student Wildlife Club getting involved, making multiple boxes and launching a monitoring project.
“We’re always looking for ways to turn everything into something educational for our students,” he said.
And Powell is planning to put up game cameras on campus, to try to capture the elusive animals in action.
There’s a lot to learn. Like: Why are they here? Are they joining the other animals crossing the Nebraska border recently in a natural northward migration, like armadillos, lesser prairie chickens and Eurasian collared doves?
He doesn’t know yet. But he has been looking up more when he's crossed campus.
“You just have to know if they were in that tree, and there were four of them, odds are they’re in a lot of other places you don’t see them.”
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Turtle on South 86th Street
Coyote off Sawgrass Drive
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Coyote off Sawgrass Drive
Wilson's phalarope (female)
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Wilson's phalarope (female) at Oak Lake on April 27.
Ducks on Rancho Road
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Ducks on Rancho Road
Coyote
![Coyote](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/fa/9fa6254f-884f-556d-9276-41e92d0a30ef/5ea8649b05bfd.image.jpg?resize=150%2C237 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/fa/9fa6254f-884f-556d-9276-41e92d0a30ef/5ea8649b05bfd.image.jpg?resize=200%2C315 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/fa/9fa6254f-884f-556d-9276-41e92d0a30ef/5ea8649b05bfd.image.jpg?resize=225%2C355 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/fa/9fa6254f-884f-556d-9276-41e92d0a30ef/5ea8649b05bfd.image.jpg?resize=300%2C473 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/fa/9fa6254f-884f-556d-9276-41e92d0a30ef/5ea8649b05bfd.image.jpg?resize=400%2C631 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/fa/9fa6254f-884f-556d-9276-41e92d0a30ef/5ea8649b05bfd.image.jpg?resize=540%2C852 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/fa/9fa6254f-884f-556d-9276-41e92d0a30ef/5ea8649b05bfd.image.jpg?resize=640%2C1009 640w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/fa/9fa6254f-884f-556d-9276-41e92d0a30ef/5ea8649b05bfd.image.jpg?resize=750%2C1183 750w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/fa/9fa6254f-884f-556d-9276-41e92d0a30ef/5ea8649b05bfd.image.jpg?resize=990%2C1561 990w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/fa/9fa6254f-884f-556d-9276-41e92d0a30ef/5ea8649b05bfd.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C1632 1035w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/fa/9fa6254f-884f-556d-9276-41e92d0a30ef/5ea8649b05bfd.image.jpg?resize=1125%2C1774 1200w)
Coyote at Phares Park Monday, April 27.
Woodchuck
![Woodchuck](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/41/541e3c1d-a2e6-51cb-ab0e-5fa86dcadddb/622a226244c08.image.jpg?resize=150%2C82 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/41/541e3c1d-a2e6-51cb-ab0e-5fa86dcadddb/622a226244c08.image.jpg?resize=200%2C110 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/41/541e3c1d-a2e6-51cb-ab0e-5fa86dcadddb/622a226244c08.image.jpg?resize=225%2C123 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/41/541e3c1d-a2e6-51cb-ab0e-5fa86dcadddb/622a226244c08.image.jpg?resize=300%2C164 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/41/541e3c1d-a2e6-51cb-ab0e-5fa86dcadddb/622a226244c08.image.jpg?resize=400%2C219 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/41/541e3c1d-a2e6-51cb-ab0e-5fa86dcadddb/622a226244c08.image.jpg?resize=540%2C296 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/41/541e3c1d-a2e6-51cb-ab0e-5fa86dcadddb/622a226244c08.image.jpg?resize=640%2C351 640w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/41/541e3c1d-a2e6-51cb-ab0e-5fa86dcadddb/622a226244c08.image.jpg?resize=750%2C411 750w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/41/541e3c1d-a2e6-51cb-ab0e-5fa86dcadddb/622a226244c08.image.jpg?resize=918%2C503 990w)
South First and J streets on March 30.
Political ducks?
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"On a walk yesterday evening, my wife and I spotted these two ducks at 16th and J, just east of the State Capitol. We weren’t certain if they were lost or merely wanted to visit the Capitol building," Bill Davenport said.
Pioneers Park ducks
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Duckling at Pioneers Park.
Golf wildlife
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On the No. 1 fairway at The Highlands on Sunday, April 26.
Upton Grey Lane and Thompson Creek
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Upton Grey Lane and Thompson Creek
Ducks in yard
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Ducks in yard at 35th and C. "We got a duck egg laid in our yard," Beth Haase said.
WATCH: Baby fox on Yankee Hill Road near 27th
Turkey time
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Turkeys at the corner of Old Cheney and Frontier Road on Saturday, April 25, 2020.
Heron on Bowling Lake
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Heron on Bowling Lake
White moth on Runza drive-thru on West O in May 2019
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White moth on Runza drive-thru on West O in May 2019
Fox
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A reader said this fox at 3910 is a Husker fan.
Coyote
![Coyote](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/59/8594eb83-e0be-5540-b548-d417c26bb06c/5dc1ae18cc376.image.jpg?resize=150%2C120 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/59/8594eb83-e0be-5540-b548-d417c26bb06c/5dc1ae18cc376.image.jpg?resize=200%2C160 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/59/8594eb83-e0be-5540-b548-d417c26bb06c/5dc1ae18cc376.image.jpg?resize=225%2C180 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/59/8594eb83-e0be-5540-b548-d417c26bb06c/5dc1ae18cc376.image.jpg?resize=300%2C240 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/59/8594eb83-e0be-5540-b548-d417c26bb06c/5dc1ae18cc376.image.jpg?resize=400%2C320 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/59/8594eb83-e0be-5540-b548-d417c26bb06c/5dc1ae18cc376.image.jpg?resize=540%2C432 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/59/8594eb83-e0be-5540-b548-d417c26bb06c/5dc1ae18cc376.image.jpg?resize=640%2C512 640w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/59/8594eb83-e0be-5540-b548-d417c26bb06c/5dc1ae18cc376.image.jpg?resize=750%2C600 750w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/59/8594eb83-e0be-5540-b548-d417c26bb06c/5dc1ae18cc376.image.jpg?resize=990%2C792 990w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/59/8594eb83-e0be-5540-b548-d417c26bb06c/5dc1ae18cc376.image.jpg?resize=1024%2C819 1035w)
This coyote was spotted near 77th and Van Dorn streets in November by Peggy Stark.
Bobcat
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This bobcat was found in the Lincoln VA building.
Deer next to O Street
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A yearling deer at First and O.
Pair of Cooper's Hawks
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Cooper's Hawks birds recently took to spending time in a central Lincoln backyard.
Fox
![Fox](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=150%2C107 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=200%2C143 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=225%2C160 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=300%2C214 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=400%2C285 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=540%2C385 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=640%2C456 640w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=750%2C534 750w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=990%2C705 990w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C738 1035w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C855 1200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C950 1333w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C1052 1476w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/fd/1fda04c2-4303-5fb9-b6c3-010ff5da88b6/5d1fb7ff96aef.image.jpg?resize=1705%2C1215 2008w)
Mother and kit fox are living in a backyard near 27th and Sheridan.
Watch: Fox plays in the snow
Fox
![Fox](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/0e/10e0af4f-204c-5e7f-812e-96ff8cc29937/5d1a4806db4bb.image.jpg?resize=150%2C113 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/0e/10e0af4f-204c-5e7f-812e-96ff8cc29937/5d1a4806db4bb.image.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/0e/10e0af4f-204c-5e7f-812e-96ff8cc29937/5d1a4806db4bb.image.jpg?resize=225%2C169 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/0e/10e0af4f-204c-5e7f-812e-96ff8cc29937/5d1a4806db4bb.image.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/0e/10e0af4f-204c-5e7f-812e-96ff8cc29937/5d1a4806db4bb.image.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/0e/10e0af4f-204c-5e7f-812e-96ff8cc29937/5d1a4806db4bb.image.jpg?resize=540%2C405 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/0e/10e0af4f-204c-5e7f-812e-96ff8cc29937/5d1a4806db4bb.image.jpg?resize=640%2C480 640w)
A fox living on an acreage near Lincoln.
Opossum
![Opossum](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/82/382cf2dc-9fac-53b7-aa80-c2dd4a052b8c/622a229fec2d7.image.jpg?crop=1229%2C776%2C0%2C104&resize=150%2C95&order=crop%2Cresize 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/82/382cf2dc-9fac-53b7-aa80-c2dd4a052b8c/622a229fec2d7.image.jpg?crop=1229%2C776%2C0%2C104&resize=200%2C126&order=crop%2Cresize 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/82/382cf2dc-9fac-53b7-aa80-c2dd4a052b8c/622a229fec2d7.image.jpg?crop=1229%2C776%2C0%2C104&resize=225%2C142&order=crop%2Cresize 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/82/382cf2dc-9fac-53b7-aa80-c2dd4a052b8c/622a229fec2d7.image.jpg?crop=1229%2C776%2C0%2C104&resize=300%2C189&order=crop%2Cresize 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/82/382cf2dc-9fac-53b7-aa80-c2dd4a052b8c/622a229fec2d7.image.jpg?crop=1229%2C776%2C0%2C104&resize=400%2C253&order=crop%2Cresize 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/82/382cf2dc-9fac-53b7-aa80-c2dd4a052b8c/622a229fec2d7.image.jpg?crop=1229%2C776%2C0%2C104&resize=540%2C341&order=crop%2Cresize 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/82/382cf2dc-9fac-53b7-aa80-c2dd4a052b8c/622a229fec2d7.image.jpg?crop=1229%2C776%2C0%2C104&resize=640%2C404&order=crop%2Cresize 640w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/82/382cf2dc-9fac-53b7-aa80-c2dd4a052b8c/622a229fec2d7.image.jpg?crop=1229%2C776%2C0%2C104&resize=750%2C474&order=crop%2Cresize 750w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/82/382cf2dc-9fac-53b7-aa80-c2dd4a052b8c/622a229fec2d7.image.jpg?crop=1229%2C776%2C0%2C104&resize=990%2C625&order=crop%2Cresize 990w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/82/382cf2dc-9fac-53b7-aa80-c2dd4a052b8c/622a229fec2d7.image.jpg?crop=1229%2C776%2C0%2C104&resize=1035%2C654&order=crop%2Cresize 1035w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/82/382cf2dc-9fac-53b7-aa80-c2dd4a052b8c/622a229fec2d7.image.jpg?crop=1229%2C776%2C0%2C104&resize=1200%2C758&order=crop%2Cresize 1200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/82/382cf2dc-9fac-53b7-aa80-c2dd4a052b8c/622a229fec2d7.image.jpg?crop=1229%2C776%2C0%2C104&resize=1229%2C776&order=crop%2Cresize 1333w)
Opossum
Raccoons sharing a meal
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Raccoons sharing a meal
Fox catches squirrel at capitol
Video: Red fox in Lincoln
Armadillo in Lincoln
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Lincoln police spotted an armadillo running downtown near 13th and O streets early Tuesday.
Snake on deck
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15th and South area.
Robin's eggs
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Robin's eggs in the 15th and South area.
Monarch caterpillar on milkweed
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Monarch caterpillar on milkweed.
Young opossum hiding in a clay tile
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Young opossum hiding in a clay tile.
Goslings
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LINCOLN, NE - 05/10/2018 - A dozen Canada geese goslings go for cruise around a pond with their parents on warm spring day on Thursday, May 10, 2018, at Pioneers Park. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Geese
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A pair of goslings flap their developing wings as they munch on grass with their siblings and parents on 80-plus-degree day on Thursday on the banks of a pond at Pioneers Park.
Snake
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The snake at Oak Lake Park dog run can be seen in this photo.
Ducks
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Ducks nesting in a Lincoln backyard.
Coyote
![Coyote](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/31/931cfea6-4dab-5134-8c4f-f54641330081/5ee7f1664283a.image.jpg?resize=150%2C189 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/31/931cfea6-4dab-5134-8c4f-f54641330081/5ee7f1664283a.image.jpg?resize=200%2C251 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/31/931cfea6-4dab-5134-8c4f-f54641330081/5ee7f1664283a.image.jpg?resize=225%2C283 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/31/931cfea6-4dab-5134-8c4f-f54641330081/5ee7f1664283a.image.jpg?resize=300%2C377 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/31/931cfea6-4dab-5134-8c4f-f54641330081/5ee7f1664283a.image.jpg?resize=400%2C503 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/31/931cfea6-4dab-5134-8c4f-f54641330081/5ee7f1664283a.image.jpg?resize=540%2C679 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/31/931cfea6-4dab-5134-8c4f-f54641330081/5ee7f1664283a.image.jpg?resize=614%2C772 640w)
Lincoln Animal Control received several photos of coyotes near Holmes Park, including this one spotted about a month ago near 6100 Normal Blvd.
Backyard critter
![Backyard critter](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/51/351fd560-f0c6-592f-939b-a96c5668421f/622a22d9b5d49.image.jpg?resize=150%2C250 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/51/351fd560-f0c6-592f-939b-a96c5668421f/622a22d9b5d49.image.jpg?resize=200%2C333 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/51/351fd560-f0c6-592f-939b-a96c5668421f/622a22d9b5d49.image.jpg?resize=225%2C375 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/51/351fd560-f0c6-592f-939b-a96c5668421f/622a22d9b5d49.image.jpg?resize=300%2C500 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/51/351fd560-f0c6-592f-939b-a96c5668421f/622a22d9b5d49.image.jpg?resize=400%2C667 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/51/351fd560-f0c6-592f-939b-a96c5668421f/622a22d9b5d49.image.jpg?resize=540%2C900 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/51/351fd560-f0c6-592f-939b-a96c5668421f/622a22d9b5d49.image.jpg?resize=640%2C1067 640w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/51/351fd560-f0c6-592f-939b-a96c5668421f/622a22d9b5d49.image.jpg?resize=672%2C1120 750w)
An opossum on the deck.
Pelicans
![Pelicans](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=150%2C99 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=200%2C133 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=225%2C149 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=400%2C265 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=540%2C358 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=640%2C424 640w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=750%2C497 750w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=990%2C657 990w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C686 1035w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C796 1200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C884 1333w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C979 1476w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe4a06e-6bc0-562d-b5f4-d409d52739a8/5ee7f16b19029.image.jpg?resize=1562%2C1036 2008w)
Pelicans can be seen at Capitol Beach Lake.
Turkey
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A wild turkey at 30th and Sherman
Video: Coyote playing with dog
Leftovers
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Big Red Worms is offering a chance for Lincolnites to compost their decaying pumpkins.
Lincoln-area wildlife
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Deer
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A whitetail deer found himself on the course along the west fence at the Country Club of Lincoln on May 12, 2016. The male is starting to lose his gray/brown winter coat.
Foxes
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Five fox kits follow the lead of an adult fox and stay alert for danger in east Lincoln.
Turkeys
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Turkeys out taking a walk near Sheridan Boulevard.
Grasshoppers
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Grasshoppers on a fence.
Critter
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Backyard spider in web.
Squirrel
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A squirrel at Pioneers Park.
Raccoon
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A raccoon on an acreage near Wahoo.
Critters
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Critters
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Critters
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Critters
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A paper monarch at the Sunken Gardens
Critters
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A dragonfly at the Sunken Gardens.
Critters
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A garden spider weaves a wondrous web in the backyard.
Butterfly
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A painted lady butterfly alights on a white zinnia Tuesday.
Dragonfly
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A dragonfly at the Sunken Gardens.
Deer in Yard
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A doe found a comfy place to rest in June 2015 in the backyard of a house on the 1800 block of D Street.
Bald Eagle at Branched Oak Lake
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Freelance photographer Gary Schenaman says he walked about a half-mile through snow and brush to set up a ground blind at Branched Oak Lake in mid-February, then waited about four hours for a collection of bald eagles to arrive. Lincoln Children’s Zoo President & CEO John Chapo said the bald eagle in the photo is an adult, noting that its head is white in plumage. “Immature birds do not have the complete white head,” Chapo noted.
Schenaman reports having observed between 40 and 50 eagles at the lake.
Baby Owls in Tree
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A group of four young Eastern screech owls huddle in a tree under the watchful eye of a nearby parent on July 1, 2014, at Dean and Emily Kline's house in northeast Lincoln. Ellie Kline, 4, the Kline's granddaughter, spotted the owls and promptly woke up her grandpa to tell him the news.
County Fair Chicken
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LINCOLN, NEB - 08/27/2014 - One of 9-year-old Evan Merrell's Black Orpington chickens in it's backyard pen on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. DAN LITTLE/Lincoln Journal Star
Sunken Gardens
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Salvia Mystic Spires is a deer-resistant perennial, but attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies and pollinators like this bumblebee, which paid a visit Wednesday at the Sunken Gardens.
Red-tailed hawk
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Lincoln Memorial Park red-tailed hawk.
Birds of winter
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A Cardinal and two gold finches wait for a warmer spring day in Pioneers Park on Monday.
Turkey
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A wild turkey steps through a child's sandbox as it grazes through a yard near 53rd and "J" Streets, on Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014, in an area where it has been spotted frequently in the mornings and evenings in recent weeks. Turkeys were wiped out in the state of Nebraska by about 1915, according to the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission, but were successfully reintroduced to the state beginning in 1959. Some of the birds seem to have found that citys offer a favorable ratio of food to predators. ERIC GREGORY/Lincoln Journal Star
"And they're off"
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Leaving a wake of temporary water divots behind them, a pair of water fowl skim across the surface of Holmes Lake to join a group of fellow water birds who were feeding in a cove Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, at Holmes Lake Park.
Baby robins
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Lincoln, NE - 7/8/2013 - Baby robins clamor for food in their oak tree nest on Monday, July 8, 2013, in the 40th and A Neighborhood. GWYNETH ROBERTS/Lincoln Journal Star
Audubon Tour bird and peanuts
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A blue jay picks up peanuts in the Eastridge backyard June 4, 2013.
Rabbit
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A rabbit, enjoying some peace and quiet on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. The university canceled classes because of the snowstorm.
Urban deer sighting
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A deer was spotted roaming at Ryons Street and Sheridan Boulevard in Lincoln in 2010.
Pelican
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A pelican flaps its wings at Capitol Beach in Lincoln on Wednesday morning, Nov. 30, 2011. One Capitol Beach resident is worried about the bird's health, and the Wildlife Rescue Team is working on a plan to help. (FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star)
Robins
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It's true, the early bird does get the worm! This robin pecked around the grass around 10:42 a.m. to find a juicy morning snack at Holmes Lake Park on Tuesday morning, April 5, 2011. Warmer weather returned to the Lincoln area after Monday's chilly, windy gusts. (FRANCIS GARDLER / Lincoln Journal Star)
Brown-headed nuthatch
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A pair of Brown-headed Nuthatches, a rarity for Nebraska, were spotted during the annual Christmas Bird Count in Lincoln. (Courtesy photo)
Foxes in backyard
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Backyard foxes at 27th and Lake in Lincoln.
Mourning doves
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27th and Lake
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Coopers Hawk backyard 27th and Lake
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Coopers Hawk backyard 27th and Lake
Vultures on William Street
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Vultures on William Street.
Coyote
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A coyote in front of a building on North Cotner.
Hummingbird
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Hummingbird near 27th and Lake streets. It's taken control of the feeder and chases away other hummingbirds that try to feed.
Damselfly
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Damselfly near 27th and Lake
Sleeping red fox
![Sleeping red fox](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=150%2C113 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=200%2C151 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=225%2C169 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=300%2C226 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=400%2C301 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=540%2C407 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=640%2C482 640w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=750%2C565 750w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=990%2C745 990w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C779 1035w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C903 1200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C1004 1333w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C1111 1476w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/7f/77f0bd46-dd44-53b6-be3b-7b3d2e10994a/61a655c6924cb.image.jpg?resize=1659%2C1249 2008w)
Sleeping red fox near 27th and Lake streets.
Red-bellied woodpecker
![Red-bellied woodpecker](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/8f/c8f27ec0-2848-595a-82f7-c1efcd6b8cb3/61b772b669a3d.image.jpg?resize=150%2C196 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/8f/c8f27ec0-2848-595a-82f7-c1efcd6b8cb3/61b772b669a3d.image.jpg?resize=200%2C261 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/8f/c8f27ec0-2848-595a-82f7-c1efcd6b8cb3/61b772b669a3d.image.jpg?resize=225%2C294 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/8f/c8f27ec0-2848-595a-82f7-c1efcd6b8cb3/61b772b669a3d.image.jpg?resize=300%2C391 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/8f/c8f27ec0-2848-595a-82f7-c1efcd6b8cb3/61b772b669a3d.image.jpg?resize=394%2C514 400w)
A red-bellied woodpecker that started hollowing out a home in a tree in December 2021 near 27th and Lake.
Squirrel
![Squirrel](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/72/2726f0d2-d509-5568-922f-1b0554856775/61b772b836b3f.image.jpg?resize=150%2C231 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/72/2726f0d2-d509-5568-922f-1b0554856775/61b772b836b3f.image.jpg?resize=200%2C309 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/72/2726f0d2-d509-5568-922f-1b0554856775/61b772b836b3f.image.jpg?resize=225%2C347 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/72/2726f0d2-d509-5568-922f-1b0554856775/61b772b836b3f.image.jpg?resize=300%2C463 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/72/2726f0d2-d509-5568-922f-1b0554856775/61b772b836b3f.image.jpg?resize=400%2C617 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/72/2726f0d2-d509-5568-922f-1b0554856775/61b772b836b3f.image.jpg?resize=540%2C833 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/72/2726f0d2-d509-5568-922f-1b0554856775/61b772b836b3f.image.jpg?resize=640%2C988 640w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/72/2726f0d2-d509-5568-922f-1b0554856775/61b772b836b3f.image.jpg?resize=750%2C1157 750w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/72/2726f0d2-d509-5568-922f-1b0554856775/61b772b836b3f.image.jpg?resize=990%2C1528 990w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/72/2726f0d2-d509-5568-922f-1b0554856775/61b772b836b3f.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C1597 1035w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/72/2726f0d2-d509-5568-922f-1b0554856775/61b772b836b3f.image.jpg?resize=1064%2C1642 1200w)
Harvesting crabapples from a tree near 27th and Lake.
Fox at 8th and E in Lincoln
Fox at Capitol Beach Lake
![Fox at Capitol Beach Lake](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=150%2C113 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=225%2C169 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=540%2C405 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=640%2C480 640w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=750%2C563 750w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=990%2C743 990w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C777 1035w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C900 1200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C1000 1333w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C1107 1476w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/da/cdad2524-e1f1-5850-82c3-a69002a93176/63729bed91ef6.image.jpg?resize=1662%2C1247 2008w)
A fox at Capitol Beach Lake.
Deer
![Deer](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=150%2C113 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=200%2C151 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=225%2C169 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=300%2C226 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=400%2C301 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=540%2C407 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=640%2C482 640w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=750%2C565 750w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=990%2C745 990w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C779 1035w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C903 1200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C1004 1333w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C1111 1476w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/8a/d8abc652-29cf-556e-b602-007b57647a3a/63729befaf0f8.image.jpg?resize=1659%2C1249 2008w)
A deer crosses the street at 2nd and F in Lincoln.
Opossum
![Opossum](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/bc/2bc58e07-27b5-5e08-a720-3e1ac4399294/63b43c62e58c7.image.jpg?resize=150%2C156 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/bc/2bc58e07-27b5-5e08-a720-3e1ac4399294/63b43c62e58c7.image.jpg?resize=200%2C208 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/bc/2bc58e07-27b5-5e08-a720-3e1ac4399294/63b43c62e58c7.image.jpg?resize=225%2C234 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/bc/2bc58e07-27b5-5e08-a720-3e1ac4399294/63b43c62e58c7.image.jpg?resize=300%2C312 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/bc/2bc58e07-27b5-5e08-a720-3e1ac4399294/63b43c62e58c7.image.jpg?resize=400%2C416 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/bc/2bc58e07-27b5-5e08-a720-3e1ac4399294/63b43c62e58c7.image.jpg?resize=540%2C561 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/bc/2bc58e07-27b5-5e08-a720-3e1ac4399294/63b43c62e58c7.image.jpg?resize=640%2C665 640w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/bc/2bc58e07-27b5-5e08-a720-3e1ac4399294/63b43c62e58c7.image.jpg?resize=656%2C682 750w)
This opussum was feasting on crab apples in a Lincoln tree in December 2022 near 27th and Lake streets.