Posted on by Nancy

Wildlife at Squam Lake 8/9-17

I spent a week on Squam Lake in Holderness, NH, paddling almost every day. I found birds perching on man-made objects,

Ring-billed gull.
Squam Lake, NH
8/11/18

Common mergansers
Squam Lake, NH
8/10/18

Cormorant
Squam Lake, NH
8/11/18

on trees,
Nashville warbler
Squam Lake, NH
8/11/18

Blue Jay.
Squam Lake, NH 8/17/18

and rocks.
Spotted sandpiper.
Squam Lake, NH
8/17/18

Mallard.
Squam Lake, NH
8/15/18

I also saw squirrels, a turtle and a snake.

Red squirrel.
Squam Lake, NH
8/15/18

Red squirrel eating blueberries.
Squam Lake, NH
8/15/18
Painted turtle.
Squam Lake, NH
8/15/18
Northern water snake.
Squam Lake, NH
8/15/18