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August 28, 2016

A week on the water: August 22-28

What we saw this week: night hawks,

Nighthawks migrating --Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Nighthawks migrating –Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

great blue herons,

Great blue heron -- Ompomanoosuc River 8/27 — Great blue heron — Ompomanoosuc River 8/27

Great blue heron flying low -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16 — Great blue heron flying low — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16

Great blue heron fishing -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16 — Great blue heron fishing — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16

Great Blue Heron in tree --North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16 — Great Blue Heron in tree –North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16

green heron,

Green heron --Ompompanoosuc River, VT 8/27/16 — Green heron –Ompompanoosuc River, VT 8/27/16

cormorants,

Double crested cormorant --North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28 /16 — Double crested cormorant –North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28
/16

Cormorants -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16 — Cormorants — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16

Double crested cormorants --North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16 — Double crested cormorants –North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16

ducks,

Wood duck -- Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Wood duck — Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

Mallards flying --Ompompanoosuc River, 8/27 — Mallards flying –Ompompanoosuc River, 8/27/16

Mallard taking off --Ompompanoosus River, 8/27 — Mallard taking off –Ompompanoosuc River, 8/27/16

Mallards framed --Ompompanoosus River, 8/27 — Mallards framed –Ompompanoosuc River, 8/27/16

sandpipers,

Spotted Sandpiper -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16 — Spotted Sandpiper — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16

Solitary sandpiper -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16 — Solitary sandpiper — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16

loons,

Loon feeding baby --Grafton Pond, NH 8/23/16 — Loon feeding baby –Grafton Pond, NH 8/23/16

beaver,

Beaver --Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Beaver –Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

Beaver slapping his tail -- Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Beaver slapping his tail — Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

chipmunks,

Chipmunk --Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Chipmunk –Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

and some songbirds.

Gold finch --North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16 — Gold finch –North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16

Kingbird in an alder --Ompompanoosus River, 8/27 — Kingbird in an alder –Ompompanoosus River, 8/27

July 29-Aug 4

We paddled a few times this week, mostly on the Connecticut River between Wilder and Hanover, but also the North Hartland Lake. We saw beaver,

Beaver -- Connecticut River — Beaver — Connecticut River

Getting ready for a warning splash

Splash

cormorants,

Cormorant --Connecticut River — Cormorant –Connecticut River

mergansers,

Mergansers --North Hartland Lake — Mergansers –North Hartland Lake

great blue herons,

Great blue heron fishing --North Hartland Lake — Great blue heron fishing –North Hartland Lake

Great blue heron caught something

an indigo bunting,

Indigo bunting -- North Hartland Lake — Indigo bunting — North Hartland Lake

kingfishers,

Kingfisher --North Hartland Lake — Kingfisher –North Hartland Lake

a yellowthroat,

Yellowthroat --North Hartland Lake — Yellowthroat –North Hartland Lake

damsel flies,

Damsel flies --Connecticut River — Damsel flies –Connecticut River

merlins,

Merlins --Connecticut River — Merlins –Connecticut River

and lots of mallards and wood ducks.

Duck stretch --Connecticut River — Duck stretch –Connecticut River

Ducklings had a successful snail hunt --Connecticut River — Ducklings had a successful snail hunt –Connecticut River

Mallard reflection --Connecticut River — Mallard reflection –Connecticut River

Mallard preening --Connecticut River — Mallard preening –Connecticut River

Wood duck --Connecticut River — Wood duck –Connecticut River

On Tuesday, our friends Diane Langley and Mardrey Swenson (and Gemma) came with us.

Gemma isn't sure she wants to be in the kayak with Mardrey Swenson --Connecticut River. — Gemma isn’t sure she wants to be in the kayak with Mardrey Swenson –Connecticut River.

Diane Langley -- Connecticut River — Diane Langley — Connecticut River

July 6-8

This past week we have paddled on North Hartland Lake and the Connecticut. We saw more mammals than usual: Deer in North Hartland

Deer --North Hartland Lake — Deer –North Hartland Lake

and beaver in both North Hartland Lake and the Connecticut.

Beaver -- Connecticut River — Beaver — Connecticut River

Beaver --North Hartland Lake — Beaver –North Hartland Lake

Beaver --North Hartland Lake — Beaver –North Hartland Lake

We also saw a variety of birds.

Song Sparrow -- North Hartland Lake — Song Sparrow — North Hartland Lake

"Who you lookin' at?" Connecticut River — “Who you lookin’ at?” Connecticut River

Mama mallard guarding her babies. Connecticut River

Mallard duckling -- Connecticut River — Mallard duckling — Connecticut River

Male wood duck in eclipse plumage

Mama Wood Duck and babies

including some unusual ducks.

Odd ducks

September 7, 2013September 7, 2013

Grafton Pond

We paddled on Grafton Pond this morning and saw at least 12 individual loons scattered around the lake.

Adult with a long neck

Adult loon

Adult's red eyes — Adult’s red eyes

An adult with his wings out with 2 young

Adult shaking his head

Adult and young loon

Young loon by the cattails

Another young loon stretching.

A young loon stretching his wings.

One loon popped up only a couple of feet from my kayak.

We also saw some other wildlife.

beaver

This duck was standing on the spillway of the dam.

A car with a kayak drove behind the duck on the dam.

There were other interesting things to see.

Red moss on a rock

Reflections

July 11, 2013July 11, 2013

Eagle, heron, ducks, beaver and lily

bald eagle

curious young beaver

The ducklings are almost grown

Great blue heron flying

Great blue heron

water lily