During the past week, we have paddled on the Connecticut River, North Hartland Lake and the Ompompanoosuc River and have seen a variety of critters.
Wildlife seen 6/10 to 6/17
Eshqua bog
Jane and I have made a couple of trips to Eshqua Bog, Hartland, VT this spring.The first on was on May 27. We had been hoping that the lady’s slippers would be in bloom, but it was too early. We did see other spring flowers.
Today’s trip was more fruitful. We not only saw two varieties of lady’s slippers,
but also other bog flowers.
The dragon flies, butterflies and a hummingbird also put in an appearance.
On the Connecticut
We spent a couple of evenings this week on the Connecticut River between Wilder and Hanover and have finally seen the duckings we hadn’t seen when we paddled earlier in the day.
We saw ducklings of varying ages, some families are new born, others are several weeks old.
The geese flew by.
This mallard male had a funny expression.
Birds plus from my kayak
Once again our kayaks have proven to be good platforms for observing nature. Jane and I have be out almost everyday this week, mostly on the Connecticut River between Wilder, VT and Hanover, NH but also on the North Hartland Lake.
We haven’t seen many wildfowl: just a few mallards, an occasional merganser and a loon.
We have seen and heard numerous song birds
and even frogs singing.
Early spring flowers
Its spring and the flowers are blooming in Kilowatt Park.
