Sept. 20-25

We made at trip to Grafton Pond to see the loons and take in the beauty of the lake.

"See my pretty bracelets?" --Common loon, Grafton Pond, NH 9/20/16
“See my pretty bracelets?” –Common loon, Grafton Pond, NH 9/20/16

Loon family -- Grafton Pond, NH 9/20/16
Loon family — Grafton Pond, NH 9/20/16
Fall reflections --Grafton Pond, NH 9/20/16
Fall reflections –Grafton Pond, NH 9/20/16
More fall reflections --Grafton Pond, NH 9/20/16
More fall reflections –Grafton Pond, NH 9/20/16

We didn’t see as many ducks as usual on the Connecticut and what we did see were more skittish. I wonder if the local ones have headed south and we have transients now.

Mallard, Connecticut River, 9/21/16
Mallard, Connecticut River, 9/21/16
Bundle of feathers with a foot hanging out -- Mallard, Mink Brook, NH 9/24/16
Bundle of feathers with a foot hanging out — Mallard, Mink Brook, NH 9/24/16
Wood duck, Mink Brook, NH 9/21/16
Wood duck, Mink Brook, NH 9/21/16

But a green heron posed for us.

Green heron, Connecticut River, 9/21/16
Green heron, Connecticut River, 9/21/16