08 Animal

1st. Cheryl Senter / freelance

Sitting in a freshly plowed parking lot, Bella, a female husky mix , bends her head away from a cold gust of wind.
Sitting in a freshly plowed parking lot, Bella, a female husky mix , bends her head away from a cold gust of wind.

2nd. Barry Chin / The Boston Globe

Caribbean Flamingo's at the Stoneham Zoo
Caribbean Flamingo’s at the Stoneham Zoo

3rd. Greg Derr / Quincy Patriot Ledger

A tufted titmouse drinks dripping sap from a tree that had frozen into an icicle.
A tufted titmouse drinks dripping sap from a tree that had frozen into an icicle.

HM1. John Blanding / The Boston Globe

An angry peregrine falcon swopes over the head of Tom French as he returns her chicks to their rooftop box on the eighteen story Fox Hall at U-Mass Lowell in Lowell, Mass. June 2, 2015. The chicks had just been banded. French is an assistant director of Mass. Fish and Wildlife.
An angry peregrine falcon swopes over the head of Tom French as he returns her chicks to their rooftop box on the eighteen story Fox Hall at U-Mass Lowell in Lowell, Mass. June 2, 2015. The chicks had just been banded. French is an assistant director of Mass. Fish and Wildlife.

HM2. Ken McGagh / MetroWest Daily News

A three day-old cygnet rests its head on top of the mother swan in a nest on Gleason Pond in Framingham on June 2, 2015. Four baby swan eggs were still underneath the mother, waiting to hatch. Passersby and neighbors in that neighborhood had been following the construction of the nest and the growing swan family for weeks.
A three day-old cygnet rests its head on top of the mother swan in a nest on Gleason Pond in Framingham on June 2, 2015. Four baby swan eggs were still underneath the mother, waiting to hatch. Passersby and neighbors in that neighborhood had been following the construction of the nest and the growing swan family for weeks.

HM3. John Wilcox / Boston Herald

A baby western lowland gorilla, just 1 day old, cuddles against the mother Kiki as she looks for food at forage time at the Franklin Park Zoo.
A baby western lowland gorilla, just 1 day old, cuddles against the mother Kiki as she looks for food at forage time at the Franklin Park Zoo.