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From my kayak 6/22-7/11

We have spent several days a week in our kayaks for the past few weeks. We have just seen a few ducks and geese this year, but a wide variety of other wildlife.

Birds

  • Loon. Upper Baker Pond, NH 6/22/19
  • Loon family with newborn chicks. Lake Armington, NH 6/22/19
  • Loon with baby. Grafton Pond 7/2/19
  • Loon by Ledyard bridge. Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 7/10/19
  • Sandpiper chick. North Hartland Lake 6/23/19
  • Belted kingfisher fledgling. North Hartland Lake, VT 7/4/19
  • Kingbird nestlings. Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 7/10/19
  • Bath time. catbird, Connecticut River Wilder, VT 7/11/19
  • Red-winged Blackbird on a cattail. Ompompanoosuc River 7/5/19
  • Spotted sandpiper. North Hartland Lake 7/4/19
  • Bald eagle. North Hartland Lake 6/23/19

Mammals

  • Beaver. North Hartland Lake 7/4/19
  • Muskrat. Connecticut River 7/7/19
  • Deer down by the river. Ompompanoosuc River 7/8/19

Other animals

  • Painted turtle. Mink Brook, NH 7/7/19
  • Swallowtail butterflies. Upper Baker Pond, 6/22/19
  • Pond lily with dragon fly and 2 damsel flies. Squam Lake, NH 7/9/19

People

  • Jane under the arch. Connecticut River, Norwich, VT 7/1/19
  • Jane and Rick on Lake Armington, 6/22/19

And a couple of other things not from a kayak.

Milkweed flower. Hartford, VT 7/6/19
Sunset after a storm. Hartford, VT 7/6/19
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View from a kayak 6/23-7/8

The past few weeks we have continued to paddle the Connecticut River between Wilder and Hanover including Mink Brook, and North Hartland Lake. We have seen beaver and muskrat on both lakes,

Beaver raising its tail to splash.
North Hartland Lake, VT 6/23/18

beaver splash.
North Hartland Lake, VT 6/23/18

as well as great blue herons,

Great blue heron.
Mink Brook, Hanover, NH 7/7/18

eagles,

Immature bald eagle being chased by a kingbird.
North Hartland Lake, VT 7/8/18

dragon flies,

Dragon fly.
North Hartland Lake, VT 7/5/18

damsel flies,

Water lily with a damsel fly.
Mink Brook, Hanover, NH 7/3/18

and plenty of ducklings.

Ducklings swimming.
Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 7/3/18

Ducklings following mama.
Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 6/30/18

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Kayaking 7/12-18

This week found us on several of our favorite waters. Of course we saw ducks,

Duck on a log –Mink Brook, Hanover, NH 7/14/17

Mallard flotilla — Connecticut River, 7/14/17

“Quack” Mallard ducks — Connecticut River, 7/17/17

great blue herons,

Great blue heron — –North Hartland Lake 7/16/17

Great blue heron with a big fish (catfish?)
–North Hartland Lake 7/16/17

Great blue heron –McDaniel’s marsh 7/18/17

phoebes,
Fledgling Eastern Phoebe and adult — Connecticut River, 7/14/17

kingfishers,
Kingfisher — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17

and kingbirds.
Nestling kingbird –North Hartland Lake 7/16/17

Kingbird on the honeysuckle bush — Connecticut River, 7/17/17

We also saw turtles,

Painted turtle — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17
Painted turtle, –Mink Brook, Hanover, NH 7/14/17

muskrats,

Muskrat — Connecticut River, 7/17/17

and flowers.
Pond lily — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17

I still don’t know what this is. — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17

Pickerel weed — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17
Wild rose — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17

Water lily — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17

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North Hartland Lake 6/20

We spent the morning on North Hartland Lake. It was a day for turtles, lots of small birds, flowers, more turtles. We did see one great blue heron flying up the river.

Four turtles on a log
Four turtles on a log

Spotted sandpiper and a turtle
Spotted sandpiper and a turtle

Song(?) sparrow
Song(?) sparrow

Yellowthroat
Yellowthroat

Eastern kingbird
Eastern kingbird

Kingfisher hovering
Kingfisher hovering

red winged blackbird
red winged blackbird

Red tail hawk
Red tail hawk

Vetch
Vetch

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