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North Hartland Lake 6/12

We went back to North Hartland Lake on Tuesday and saw a turtle on a post,

Painted turtle on a stump. North Hartland Lake 6/12/18

a cormorant,

Double crested cormorant. North Hartland Lake 6/12/18

a bald eagle,

Bald eagle. North Hartland Lake 6/12/18

a brown swimming mammal (beaver? muskrat?)

beaver? muskrat? with lunch.
North Hartland Lake 6/12/18

and a bug on a yellow flag.

Bug on a yellow flag. North Hartland Lake 6/12/18

Kayaking 5/31-6/7

We’ve kayaked a few times this week on the Connecticut, the Pompy, and North Hartland Lake. We saw a variety of critters: a porcupine,

Porcupine. North Hartland Lake, VT 5/31/18

a beaver or two,

Beaver. Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 6/7/18

geese,

Canada goose. Ompompanousuc River. 6/3/18

a cormorant,

Double crested cormorant. Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 6/7/18

red-winged blackbirds,

Red-winged blackbird, male. Ompompanousuc River. 6/3/18

sandpipers,

Well camouflaged spotted sandpiper. North Hartland Lake 5/31/18

turtles, a few ducks, no herons,

Painted turtle. North Hartland Lake 5/31/18

and Jemma, the swimming dog.

Jemma, the swimming dog. Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 6/7/18

Grafton Pond 5/29

We spent the morning on Grafton Pond. We saw our usual complement of loons and geese.

Both species are thinking about nesting, as well as a hairy woodpecker.

Female hairy woodpecker.
Grafton Pond, NH 5/29/18

We also saw some turtles.

Painted turtle. Grafton Pond, NH 5/29/18

First paddle

We put the kayaks in the Connecticut River for the first time this year. We were surprised to see more sandpipers than ducks.

Spotted sandpiper Connecticut River, 5/27/2018

Spotted sandpiper — Connecticut River, 5/27/2018

We also saw a variety of song birds,

Grackle
Connecticut River, 5/27/2018

Cat bird
Connecticut River, 5/27/2018

Blue jay with nesting material. Connecticut River, 5/27/2018

and other critters.

Gray squirrel. Connecticut River, 5/27/2018

Many spots on the rivers were noisy with frogs croaking
and I finally spotted one.

Frog

Flowers on Hurricane Hill +

For a change, we walked on Hurricane Hill on Friday and saw wild flowers and a chipmunk.

Clintonia.
Hartford, VT 5/25/18

Lady slipper.
Hartford, VT 5/25/18

Jack in the pulpit. Hartford, VT 5/25/18

Chipmunk.
Hartford, VT 5/25/18