I’ve taken walks at Kilowatt Park in Wilder, VT nearly every day and have found a few things that are picture worthy.
I’ve also photographed some squirrels and birds.
A few things from November and December
VINS 11/10/2020
On Tuesday, Jane and I enjoyed our trip to the Vermont Institute of Natural Science which specializes in rehabilitating raptors. All the birds on exhibit cannot be returned to the wild for some reason, whether having a missing or injured wing, brain damage, being imprinted on humans etc. Their talks are informative, though for the winter, they only present one bird per talk. We first saw a barn owl.
We walked through the exhibits, and saw owls, ravens,
Hawks,
and eagles.
We took a walk on the trails including the canopy walk which puts you 30-70 feet in the air, near the tops of the trees.
We went back to another informative talk on the Harris hawk. This hawk lives in the Southwest and often hunts in packs.
From my kayak: End of the season. 10/18-24
The kayaks are put away for the winter, but we had several trips out in late October, a couple with Jane’s family.
The water fowl are skittish, and harder to find.
but there are other birds to be found.
From my kayak 9/24-10/12
We have had a lovely fall. Plenty of sun, reasonable temperatures, not much wind. We saw some of the standbys: cormorants, loons, mergansers, eagles, ospreys and mallards.
This time of year, we see some more unusual birds, many passing through.
The foliage has been lovely.
Ricker Pond 9/26
I joined Jane, her brother and two sons for a delightful paddle on Ricker Pond. The color was just about peak.
Jeremy took delivery of his new fishing kayak.
We found a parent and young loon
who dove when they spotted an eagle flying overhead.
