Jane and I visited Eshqua Bog, a local fen with rare wild flowers, twice this year, at the beginning and towards the end of the showy lady’s slipper season.
Eshqua bog 2018
Views from a kayak 6/16-19
The ducklings have arrived this week,
Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 6/16/18
Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 6/19/18
Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 6/19/18
along with other birds,
North Hartland Lake. 6/17/18
Ompompanousuc River, Norwich, VT 6/18/18
Ompompanousuc River, Norwich, VT 6/18/18
a variety of turtles,
North Hartland Lake. 6/17/18
North Hartland Lake, VT 6/17/18
swimming mammals,
North Hartland Lake. 6/17/18
Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 6/16/18
and flowers.
Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 6/16/18
North Hartland Lake. 6/17, 2018
North Hartland Lake, VT 6/17/18
North Hartland Lake 6/12
We went back to North Hartland Lake on Tuesday and saw a turtle on a post,
a cormorant,
a bald eagle,
a brown swimming mammal (beaver? muskrat?)
North Hartland Lake 6/12/18
and a bug on a yellow flag.
Kayaking 5/31-6/7
We’ve kayaked a few times this week on the Connecticut, the Pompy, and North Hartland Lake. We saw a variety of critters: a porcupine,
a beaver or two,
geese,
a cormorant,
red-winged blackbirds,
sandpipers,
turtles, a few ducks, no herons,
and Jemma, the swimming dog.
Grafton Pond 5/29
We spent the morning on Grafton Pond. We saw our usual complement of loons and geese.
Both species are thinking about nesting, as well as a hairy woodpecker.
Grafton Pond, NH 5/29/18
We also saw some turtles.
