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From my kayak 8/31-9/4

This has been a week for fog, green herons, falcons, turtles, and a cormorant.

Goose and duck in the fog. Connecticut River 9/4/2018
Annoyed green heron. Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 8/31/2018
Green heron. Mink Brook, 9/4/2018
Green heron sticking out his tongue. Mink Brook, 9/4/2018
Peregrin with kingbird. Ompompanousuc, Norwich, VT 9/2/2018
Merlin. North Hartland Lake 9/1/2018
American kestrel. North Hartland Lake 9/1/2018
Painted turtle North Hartland Lake 9/1/2018
Wood turtle. Ompompanousuc River 9/2/2018
Cormorant. Connecticut River 8/31/2018
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From my kayak 8/19-28

We’ve paddled the usual places the past 10 days.  The mornings are getting colder and more foggy. We’ve seen great blue herons, green herons, cormorants, loons, ducks and other creatures.  Loons do fly, they just take a long runway to take off.

Jane paddles in the fog. North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/18
Great blue heron Grafton Pond, NH 8/28/18
Great blue heron taking off. Connecticut River 8/24/18
Green heron. Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 8/27/18
Cormorant drying his wings. Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 8/27/18
Loon launching. Grafton Pond, NH 8/28/18
Loons flying Grafton Pond, NH 8/28/18
Wood duck. Connecticut River 8/20/18
Mallards on a log Connecticut River 8/20/18
Troll. North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/18
Birch bark reflection. Connecticut River 8/20/18

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Wildlife at Squam Lake 8/9-17

I spent a week on Squam Lake in Holderness, NH, paddling almost every day. I found birds perching on man-made objects,

Ring-billed gull.
Squam Lake, NH
8/11/18

Common mergansers
Squam Lake, NH
8/10/18

Cormorant
Squam Lake, NH
8/11/18

on trees,
Nashville warbler
Squam Lake, NH
8/11/18

Blue Jay.
Squam Lake, NH 8/17/18

and rocks.
Spotted sandpiper.
Squam Lake, NH
8/17/18

Mallard.
Squam Lake, NH
8/15/18

I also saw squirrels, a turtle and a snake.

Red squirrel.
Squam Lake, NH
8/15/18

Red squirrel eating blueberries.
Squam Lake, NH
8/15/18

Painted turtle.
Squam Lake, NH
8/15/18

Northern water snake.
Squam Lake, NH
8/15/18

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From my kayak 7/29-8/5

We have been out several times in the past couple of weeks.
We have been following a muskrat family near “duck island” on the Connecticut– at least 3 members.

Muskrat. Connecticut River, Hanover,NH 7/28/18

We’ve seen great blue herons on North Hartland Lake, Mink Brook, the Pompy and the Connecticut,

Great blue heron.
Mink Brook, Hanover, NH 7/28/18

a green heron in Wilder,
Green heron. Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 7/30

and eagles in North Hartland and Squam Lake.
Bald eagle.
North Hartland Lake, VT 7/29/18

Immature bald eagle. Squam Lake, NH 8/1/18

A gaggle of geese followed us down the Pompy and then crossed the road.

Canada geese crossing the road. Ompompanoosuc River, VT 8/5/18

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North Hartland, Connecticut River and my backyard. 7/7-21

This week we paddled our usual spots: the Connecticut from Wilder and North Hartland Lake.

Reflections of the East Wilder boat launch.
Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 7/21/18

We spent some time watching a great blue heron fishing,

Great blue heron in tree. North Hartland Lake, 7/20/18

Great blue heron fishing
North Hartland Lake, 7/20/18

Great blue heron preparing to swallow a fish.
North Hartland Lake, 7/20/18

Great blue heron trying to swallow a large fish.
North Hartland Lake, 7/20/18

a cormorant,

Mardrey watching the cormorant
Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 7/21/18

a couple of muskrats,

Muskrat
Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 7/21/18

a swallowtail butterfly.

Swallowtail on milkweed.
Wilder, VT 7/19/18

and some flowers.

Virginia raspberry with a green insect.
Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 7/21/18

Orange day lily.
Hartford, VT 7/20/18