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September’s pictures

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from September:
ducks

Snails for lunch — Mallard, North Hartland Lake 9/4/17


a squirrel,

Squirrel — Mink Brook 9/9/17


a monarch butterfly,

Monarch — Wilder, 9/14/17

a great cormorant,

Great cormorant — Wilder 9/15/17

loons from a trip to Grafton Pond,

Loon in fog — Grafton Pond 9/17/17
Loon with twins — Grafton Pond 9/17/17
Loon with twins — Grafton Pond 9/17/17

a great blue heron and mallard,

Time to fly.– Great blue heron, mallard, Ompompanousuc River 9/20/17

a bald eagle,

Bald eagle flying– Connecticut River 9/26/17

and some mushrooms.

Mushrooms under a tree — Ompompanousuc River 9/24/17
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More August

We continued to paddle the Connecticut from Wilder, North Hartland Lake and the Ompompanoosuc, watching the wildlife:
Eagles,

Eagles soaring –North Hartland Lake, 8/13/17

great blue herons,
Great blue heron fishing. North Hartland lake, 8/13/17

Great blue heron with fish. North Harland Lake, 8/13/17

common mergansers,
Common mergansers –North Hartland Lake, 8/13/17

of course ducks,
Mallard on rock in fog –Connecticut River, W. Lebanon, NH, 8/17/17

turkey
Turkey –Ompompanoosuc River, 8/31/17

mourning dove,
Mourning dove –Connecticut River, Wilder , VT, 8/9/17

and deer.
Doe and fawn North Hartland Lake, 8/6/17

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The Pompy and Grafton Pond

It was a day for green herons on the Pompy on Tuesday: we saw several and they posed nicely.

Green heron –Ompompanoosuc River, VT 7/31/17

Irritated young green heron — –Ompompanoosuc River, VT 7/31/17

Green heron reflected –Ompompanoosuc River, VT 7/31/17

We also saw great blue herons on the Pompy as well as at Grafton Pond on Wednesday.

Great blue heron –Ompompanoosuc River, VT 7/31/17

Great blue heron –Grafton Pond, NH 8/1/17

The views of Mt Cardigan is always nice.

Jane and Mt Cardigan –Grafton Pond, NH 8/1/17

Of course we saw loons at the pond: a couple that surfaced close to the kayaks and a parent with 2 chicks,
Loon –Grafton Pond, NH 8/1/17

Loon –Grafton Pond, NH 8/1/17

Loon with chicks –Grafton Pond, NH 8/1/17

and saw geese and a dog on a SUP.

Canada goose –Grafton Pond, NH 8/1/17

A dog who was not sure he wanted to be on a SUP–Grafton Pond, NH 8/1/17

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7/19-30

We have been out paddling several times recently and have seen some unusual birds and animals,

Mink –Connecticut River, Norwich, VT 7/29/17
Semipalmated(?) sandpiper –North Hartland Lake, VT 7/22/17
Immature bald eagle — Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 7/23/17
Kingbird nestling –Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 7/29/17

as well as some of the more common.

Great blue heron — Connecticut River 7/19/17
Ducks –Connecticut River 7/25/17
Duckling –Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 7/29/17
Mergansers –North Hartland Lake, VT 7/30/17
Gold finch — Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 7/23/17
Osprey. North Hartland Lake
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Kayaking 7/12-18

This week found us on several of our favorite waters. Of course we saw ducks,

Duck on a log –Mink Brook, Hanover, NH 7/14/17

Mallard flotilla — Connecticut River, 7/14/17

“Quack” Mallard ducks — Connecticut River, 7/17/17

great blue herons,

Great blue heron — –North Hartland Lake 7/16/17

Great blue heron with a big fish (catfish?)
–North Hartland Lake 7/16/17

Great blue heron –McDaniel’s marsh 7/18/17

phoebes,
Fledgling Eastern Phoebe and adult — Connecticut River, 7/14/17

kingfishers,
Kingfisher — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17

and kingbirds.
Nestling kingbird –North Hartland Lake 7/16/17

Kingbird on the honeysuckle bush — Connecticut River, 7/17/17

We also saw turtles,

Painted turtle — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17
Painted turtle, –Mink Brook, Hanover, NH 7/14/17

muskrats,

Muskrat — Connecticut River, 7/17/17

and flowers.
Pond lily — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17

I still don’t know what this is. — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17

Pickerel weed — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17
Wild rose — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17

Water lily — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17