Nancy's Corner – Page 25

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

August 21, 2016August 21, 2016

8/14-21

This week we have seen a variety of ducks,

Mallards on 1 leg -- Connecticut River 8/15 — Mallards on 1 leg — Connecticut River 8/15

Brown Duck on one leg -- Kilowatt Park, Wilder, VT 8/17/16 — Brown Duck on one leg — Kilowatt Park, Wilder, VT 8/17/16

Wood duck -- Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 8/18/16 — Wood duck — Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 8/18/16

Ducks in fog --Ompompanoosuc River 8/20 — Ducks in fog –Ompompanoosuc River 8/20

Reflection. Mallard -- Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 8/18/16 — Reflection. Mallard — Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 8/18/16

gold finches,

Gold finch -- Kilowatt Park, Wilder, VT 8/17/16 — Gold finch — Kilowatt Park, Wilder, VT 8/17/16

green herons,

Green heron --Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 8/18/16 — Green heron –Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 8/18/16

egrets,

Great egret --North Hartland Lake 8/21/16 — Great egret –North Hartland Lake 8/21/16

kingfishers,

Belted kingfisher --North Hartland Lake, 8/21/16 — Belted kingfisher –North Hartland Lake, 8/21/16

chicken of the wood,

Chicken of the woods -- Ompompanoosuc River, 8/20/16 — Chicken of the woods — Ompompanoosuc River, 8/20/16

and turtles.

Painted turtles -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/21/16 — Painted turtles — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/21/16

August 12, 2016

Wildlife at Squam

I’ve been seeing a variety of wildlife on my paddles. Of course we’ve seen loons,

Loon -- Church Island, Squam Lake — Loon — Church Island, Squam Lake

Loon -- Squam Lake — Loon — Squam Lake

but also other birds such as gulls,

Black-backed gull --Squam Lake — Black-backed gull –Squam Lake

Black-backed gull --Squam Lake, NH — Black-backed gull –Squam Lake, NH

mergansers,

Mergansers

Mergansers with a swimmer off of Church Island, Squam Lake, NH

and song sparrows.

Song sparrow -- Squam Lake, NH — Song sparrow — Squam Lake, NH

Song Sparrow --Squam Lake — Song Sparrow –Squam Lake

I also saw dragonflies and damselflies

dragon fly

and a squirrel.

Squirrel

Loons

We watched a family of loons off the dock this morning and saw them a little later when kayaking.

Loon with fish for baby.

Feeding baby loon

Adult loon stretch

Baby loon stretch

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