Wildlife

There is an amazing diversity of wildlife here in the western hills of Massachusetts. There is a family of foxes on our property and we have been watching their four little kits grow up. We have also seen wild turkeys, porcupines, deer, snakes, newts, spiders, ticks and beavers. Apparently bears are frequently spotted in the area as well, but we haven’t seen any ourselves.

Many of the animals are hard to capture with the camera, but here are a few images:

A yellow spider with arms stretched out like a crab
One of many orange newts we came across
A closer look at at newt
A porcupine scurrying off the side of the road
We’ve seen many garter snakes.
This one was trying to catch some morning sun to warm up.
Another garter snake. They are not venomous, but they can be a startling sight when we go out for a hike.
A milk snake. Also non-venomous.

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