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PHOTOS: Catching southwest Minnesota wildlife in the great outdoors

A Swainson's hawk clutches a garter snake; double-crested cormorants and painted turtles are startled while sunning themselves.

A Swainson’s hawk soars over pasture ground clutching a garter snake along Poplar Creek two miles west of Edgerton.

By Tim Middagh

May 04, 2023 at 1:52 PM

A Swainson’s hawk soars over pasture ground clutching a garter snake along Poplar Creek two miles west of Edgerton.

Double-crested cormorants and painted turtles are startled while sunning themselves at a stock dam along 11th Street west of Edgerton Monday, May 1, 2023.

By Tim Middagh

Tim Middagh joined The Globe in the fall of 2015 as the newspaper's full-time photographer. A native of Worthington, he enjoys taking nature and wildlife photos.