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Matt Helf and Daniel Brown spied this hawk outside the Woods Residential Building at Penn State Berks on Jan. 3, 2008. Both were shooting pictures that day and helping to scope out the bird.
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Vincent H. Crespi captured this image of a hawk eating a squirrel near one of the signature elm trees on the Old Main Lawn at University Park on April 13, 2007.
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Deb Fox took this picture of a red fox in April 2008 from the Educational Activities Building at Penn State Harrisburg. An array of birds and squirrels behind the building bring one or two of these beauties out of the thicket during the early morning hours in springtime.
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Joyce Furfaro watched as this young red-tailed hawk waited patiently for a terrified chipmunk that was hiding under the trash receptacle near Kern Building on Penn State's University Park campus on June 9, 2008. The hawk alternated between circling around the trash can, peeking underneath and flapping its wings, and sitting atop the can at his sentry post, all the while ignoring passers-by.... Read more ›
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Gail Hossler submitted this photo of a bluebird at the Penn State Harrisburg campus. Hossler reports that the bluebird population has been expanding at the campus over the last few years thanks to alumnus Andrew Ohrman who revived the campus' bluebird trail by repairing old boxes, putting up more and giving lectures on campus and in neighboring communities. He and his wife Cindy monitor the... Read more ›
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Judi Jaus came upon this scene on June 5, 2008, while on her way to the Nittany Parking Deck on the University Park campus. She reports that the hawk allowed her to come within 3 feet to take this picture with her cell phone.
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Jennifer Lee sent a trio of photos that tell the story of a red-tailed hawk family. From January through August 2006 the staff at the Intramural Building on Penn State's University Park campus was treated to almost daily sightings of a red-tailed hawk pair hunting, nesting and then raising their two young. This first photo shows one of them hunting for chipmunks in the ivy bank perched on the... Read more ›
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Jennifer Lee sent a trio of photos that tell the story of a red-tailed hawk family. From January through August 2006 the staff at the Intramural Building on Penn State's University Park campus was treated to almost daily sightings of a red-tailed hawk pair hunting, nesting and then raising their two young. In June the two chicks fledged and Lee witnessed flight practice around the tennis... Read more ›
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Bob Myrick took this picture of a squirrel that was stretched out on a branch outside his Park Ave Building office, near Hort Woods on the University Park campus. Myrick said, "June 1, 2007, was a very hot day and the squirrel was laying on the branch -- not often seen in such a pose."
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Anne Petersen caught this hawk in flight on March 22, 2006, near the back stairs of Shields Building on Penn State's University Park campus.
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Todd Plummer spied these ducks outside Chemistry Building near Pelick Courtyard on Penn State's University Park campus on April 3, 2008.
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Katie Reed took this photo of a squirrel climbing a tree near Old Main on Penn State's University Park campus.
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Eric Spielvogel looked out the window in the Earth Engineering Sciences Building on Penn State's University Park campus to see this hawk looking back at him.
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Heather Summerlin discovered this baby rabbit, only one week old, on the lawn outside Sparks Building on Penn State's University Park campus, on Aug. 15, 2008. Summerlin suspects he most likely was dropped by a predator -- maybe the famous red-tailed hawk --after being taken from his nest. He is now living in a rabbit nursery at Centre Wildlife Care, is doing well, and will be re-released into... Read more ›
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Nichole Wonderling spotted a red-tailed hawk in front of the Materials Research Lab on Penn State's University Park campus around 1:45 p.m. Aug. 22. The bird was resting on a light pole, likely preparing to catch his lunch.
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