We got out a few times in October, before the weather turned too cold. We saw some of our usual suspects: Common mergansers and mallards, loons, blackbirds and kingfishers, a hawk or two, a painted turtle and a beaver.
Loon. Kettle Pond 9/27/24
Common mergansers. Grafton Pond, 10/4/24 Common mergansers. Squam Lake 10/13/24Mallard flying. Ompompanoosuc River, 10/3/24Flock of mallards. Connecticut River 10/2/24Common loon. Grafton Pond, 10/4/24Common loon. Long Pond, 10/6/24Red winged blackbirds. Ompompanoosuc River, 10/3/24Kingfisher Connecticut River 10/2/24Hawk. Ompompanoosuc River, 10/3/24Young ring-billed gull. Grafton Pond, 10/4/24Beaver. Kettle Pond 9/27/24Painted turtle. Grafton Pond, 10/4/24
We also found a few interesting things: rocks that look like elephants, a large black ball with a handle, a log that looks like a wolf. The foliage turned colors and the leaves fell. The mornings were cold and the valley was full of fog.
Rock that looks like an elephant . Kettle Pond 9/27/24Connecticut River. 10/21/24The wolf log. Squam Lake 10/13/24Mt. Cardigan. Grafton Pond, 10/4/24Kettle Pond 9/27/24 Color on the point. Squam Lake 10/13/24 Long Pond, 10/6/24Paddle to Great Island. Squam Lake 10/13/24Sun thru the fog. Connecticut River 10/2/24Rowing in the fog. Connecticut River 10/2/24Jane in the fog. Connecticut River 10/2/24
Most of the birds have flown, and the kayaks have been put away for the winter. It was a good season.
