Harold McAleer has been busy photographing a variety of animals and birds near his Lincoln home this summer. (Click on any thumbnail to see larger versions and navigate the collection.)
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Two summery views of fields in Lincoln. Top: The Turtle Creek winery grape vines behind the field on Lexington Road (photo by Ken Hurd). Bottom: a deer’s eyes reflect the twilight in a field on Mary’s Way that is destined to be replaced by the Oriole Landing mixed-income housing development once town approvals are in place. “It’s going to be sad to see this field becoming 60 apartments,” said photographer Cathy O’Brien, who lives next door.

Woodchucks photographed by Harold McAleer survey the territory and munch, walrus-like, on some tasty blades of grass.
Readers may submit photos for consideration for Lincoln Through the Lens by emailing them to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. If your photo is published, you’ll receive credit in the Squirrel. Photos must be taken in Lincoln and include the date, location, and names of any people who are identifiable in the photo. Previously published photos can be viewed on the Lincoln Through the Lens page of the Lincoln Squirrel.
Readers may submit photos for consideration for Lincoln Through the Lens by emailing them to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. If your photo is published, you’ll receive credit in the Squirrel. Photos must be taken in Lincoln and include the date, location, and names of any people who are identifiable in the photo. Previously published photos can be viewed on the Lincoln Through the Lens page of the Lincoln Squirrel.
Readers may submit photos for consideration for Lincoln Through the Lens by emailing them to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. If your photo is published, you’ll receive credit in the Squirrel. Photos must be taken in Lincoln and include the date, location, and names of any people who are identifiable in the photo. Previously published photos can be viewed on the Lincoln Through the Lens page of the Lincoln Squirrel.
Readers may submit photos for consideration for Lincoln Through the Lens by emailing them to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. If your photo is published, you’ll receive credit in the Squirrel. Photos must be taken in Lincoln and include the date, location, and names of any people who are identifiable in the photo. Previously published photos can be viewed on the Lincoln Through the Lens page of the Lincoln Squirrel.

These four area residents were a few of the thousands who participated in one of the “Families Belong Together” rallies held on June 30 to protest the federal government’s immigration policy. “Somehow it felt important to give voice to our concern, and from everything I am hearing, that continues to be the case,” said Barbara Slayter (not pictured). Left to right: Cynthia Ritsher of Lincoln, Molly Johnson of Concord, and Katrin Kriz and Lucretia Giese of Lincoln.

This unusual egg was seen recently at Codman Community Farms. A little research shows that this is far form the oddest thing that can emerge from a laying hen.
In a May 10 post headlined “The last mile (Lincoln Through the Lens),” the Ryan Estate resident in the center of the photo was misidentified. She is Fran Doyle, not Elinor Nichols. The original post has been corrected.

Fran Doyle (center) is thrilled with the completion of a new Lincoln Road sidewalk between the Ryan Estates, where she lives, and the Cambridge Trust Co. building, making it much safer for her and others to walk to the mall and other South Lincoln locations. The sidewalk is one of several planned roadway improvement projects in town. With her are (left to right) DPW Superintendent Chris Bibbo, traffic consultant John Vancor, and DPW Foreman Steve McDonald.