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September 17, 2016September 17, 2016

September 10-17

Fall is approaching, the mornings are chilly and foggy.

Fog --Connecticut River, NH 9/17/16 — Fog –Connecticut River, NH 9/17/16

The mallards and wood ducks are getting their breeding colors after a summer in drab.

Mallards --Ompompanoosuc River, VT 9/14/16 — Mallards –Ompompanoosuc River, VT 9/14/16

Mallard and wood duck --Ompompanoosuc River, VT 9/14/16 — Mallard and wood duck –Ompompanoosuc River, VT 9/14/16

Wood duck --Ompompanoosuc River, VT 9/14/16 — Wood duck –Ompompanoosuc River, VT 9/14/16

We’ve seen herons,

Green heron --Connecticut River, NH 9/15 — Green heron –Connecticut River, NH 9/15

Green heron --Connecticut River, NH 9/15 — Green heron –Connecticut River, NH 9/15

Great blue heron --Mink Brook, NH 9/10/16 — Great blue heron –Mink Brook, NH 9/10/16

Great blue heron --Mink Brook, NH 9/10/16 — Great blue heron –Mink Brook, NH 9/10/16

eagles,

Bald eagle --Connecticut River, NH 9/12/16 — Bald eagle –Connecticut River, NH 9/12/16

cormorants,

Cormorant stretching wings --Connecticut River, NH 9/10/16 — Cormorant stretching wings –Connecticut River, NH 9/10/16

a mink,

Mink --Connecticut River 9/10/16 — Mink –Connecticut River 9/10/16

and spiders.

Spider --Ompompanoosuc River, VT 9/14/16 — Spider –Ompompanoosuc River, VT 9/14/16

Brown Duck is still hanging around.

Brown Duck in fog --Connecticut River 9/12/16 — Brown Duck in fog –Connecticut River 9/12/16

Brown Duck --Connecticut River, NH 9/17/16 — Brown Duck –Connecticut River, NH 9/17/16

September 5, 2016

Herons and pipers

This was a week of herons and sandpipers,

Great blue heron --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016 — Great blue heron –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

Great egret --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016 — Great egret –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

Great blue herons in tree --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016 — Great blue herons in tree –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

Great blue herons, --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016 — Great blue herons, –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

Pied piper. Great blue heron leading mallards -- North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016 — Pied piper. Great blue heron leading mallards — North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

Least sandpiper --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016 — Least sandpiper –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

Solitary sandpiper --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016 — Solitary sandpiper –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

Osprey --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016 — Osprey –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

Canada geese --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016 — Canada geese –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

August 28, 2016

A week on the water: August 22-28

What we saw this week: night hawks,

Nighthawks migrating --Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Nighthawks migrating –Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

great blue herons,

Great blue heron -- Ompomanoosuc River 8/27 — Great blue heron — Ompomanoosuc River 8/27

Great blue heron flying low -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16 — Great blue heron flying low — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16

Great blue heron fishing -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16 — Great blue heron fishing — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16

Great Blue Heron in tree --North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16 — Great Blue Heron in tree –North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16

green heron,

Green heron --Ompompanoosuc River, VT 8/27/16 — Green heron –Ompompanoosuc River, VT 8/27/16

cormorants,

Double crested cormorant --North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28 /16 — Double crested cormorant –North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28
/16

Cormorants -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16 — Cormorants — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16

Double crested cormorants --North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16 — Double crested cormorants –North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16

ducks,

Wood duck -- Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Wood duck — Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

Mallards flying --Ompompanoosuc River, 8/27 — Mallards flying –Ompompanoosuc River, 8/27/16

Mallard taking off --Ompompanoosus River, 8/27 — Mallard taking off –Ompompanoosuc River, 8/27/16

Mallards framed --Ompompanoosus River, 8/27 — Mallards framed –Ompompanoosuc River, 8/27/16

sandpipers,

Spotted Sandpiper -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16 — Spotted Sandpiper — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16

Solitary sandpiper -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16 — Solitary sandpiper — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16

loons,

Loon feeding baby --Grafton Pond, NH 8/23/16 — Loon feeding baby –Grafton Pond, NH 8/23/16

beaver,

Beaver --Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Beaver –Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

Beaver slapping his tail -- Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Beaver slapping his tail — Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

chipmunks,

Chipmunk --Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Chipmunk –Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

and some songbirds.

Gold finch --North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16 — Gold finch –North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16

Kingbird in an alder --Ompompanoosus River, 8/27 — Kingbird in an alder –Ompompanoosus River, 8/27

August 21, 2016August 21, 2016

8/14-21

This week we have seen a variety of ducks,

Mallards on 1 leg -- Connecticut River 8/15 — Mallards on 1 leg — Connecticut River 8/15

Brown Duck on one leg -- Kilowatt Park, Wilder, VT 8/17/16 — Brown Duck on one leg — Kilowatt Park, Wilder, VT 8/17/16

Wood duck -- Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 8/18/16 — Wood duck — Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 8/18/16

Ducks in fog --Ompompanoosuc River 8/20 — Ducks in fog –Ompompanoosuc River 8/20

Reflection. Mallard -- Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 8/18/16 — Reflection. Mallard — Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 8/18/16

gold finches,

Gold finch -- Kilowatt Park, Wilder, VT 8/17/16 — Gold finch — Kilowatt Park, Wilder, VT 8/17/16

green herons,

Green heron --Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 8/18/16 — Green heron –Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 8/18/16

egrets,

Great egret --North Hartland Lake 8/21/16 — Great egret –North Hartland Lake 8/21/16

kingfishers,

Belted kingfisher --North Hartland Lake, 8/21/16 — Belted kingfisher –North Hartland Lake, 8/21/16

chicken of the wood,

Chicken of the woods -- Ompompanoosuc River, 8/20/16 — Chicken of the woods — Ompompanoosuc River, 8/20/16

and turtles.

Painted turtles -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/21/16 — Painted turtles — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/21/16

August 12, 2016

Wildlife at Squam

I’ve been seeing a variety of wildlife on my paddles. Of course we’ve seen loons,

Loon -- Church Island, Squam Lake — Loon — Church Island, Squam Lake

Loon -- Squam Lake — Loon — Squam Lake

but also other birds such as gulls,

Black-backed gull --Squam Lake — Black-backed gull –Squam Lake

Black-backed gull --Squam Lake, NH — Black-backed gull –Squam Lake, NH

mergansers,

Mergansers

Mergansers with a swimmer off of Church Island, Squam Lake, NH

and song sparrows.

Song sparrow -- Squam Lake, NH — Song sparrow — Squam Lake, NH

Song Sparrow --Squam Lake — Song Sparrow –Squam Lake

I also saw dragonflies and damselflies

dragon fly

and a squirrel.

Squirrel