Between the oaks, the Hidden Park, and Shades Creek, Crestline shares its streets with herons and owls, turtles and tanagers. Every photo here was taken in and around the neighborhood.
A barred owl keeps watch from a fence rail.
A green heron works the shallows of Shades Creek.
A great blue heron wades Shades Creek.
A beaver in the shallows of Shades Creek.
An eastern bluebird atop a newly planted sapling in the park.
A wild turkey crosses the Shades Creek bridge.
A scarlet tanager at a neighborhood birdbath.
A slider basks on a log in the creek.
A snapping turtle on the move.
A slider cuts through the tall grass near the creek.
