This past week we have paddled on North Hartland Lake and the Connecticut. We saw more mammals than usual: Deer in North Hartland
and beaver in both North Hartland Lake and the Connecticut.
![Beaver --North Hartland Lake](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/beaver-6237.jpg)
![Beaver --North Hartland Lake](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/beaver-6228.jpg)
We also saw a variety of birds.
![Song Sparrow -- North Hartland Lake](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/song-sparrow-6192.jpg)
!["Who you lookin' at?" Connecticut River](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/who-youre-lookin-at-6454.jpg)
![Mama mallard guarding her babies. Connecticut River](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mama-guarding-babies-6479.jpg)
![Mallard duckling -- Connecticut River](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mallard-duckling-6397.jpg)
![Male wood duck in eclipse plumage](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/male-wood-duck-eclipse-pumage-6517.jpg)
![Mama Wood Duck and babies](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wood-duck-and-ducklings-6329.jpg)
including some unusual ducks.