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October 4, 2016

Sept. 26 – Oct.4

Fall has come.

Red trees --Ompompanoosuc River 10/4/16 — Red trees –Ompompanoosuc River 10/4/16

Duck hunting season has started and the ducks seem to know it. For the most part, they are more skittish and more adept at hiding, but there were a few exceptions. A female merganser let us get quite close and even followed us when we paddled downriver.

Merganser -- Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 9/26/16 — Merganser — Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 9/26/16

Wood ducks --Connecticut River , NH 10/3/16 — Wood ducks –Connecticut River , NH 10/3/16

Mallards taking flight. Connecticut River, NH, 10/3/16

Mallard splashing --Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 10/3/16 — Mallard splashing –Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 10/3/16

We also saw a great blue heron,

Great blue heron --Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 10/4/16 — Great blue heron –Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 10/4/16

a cormorant,

Cormorant -- Connecticut River, NH 10/3/16 — Cormorant — Connecticut River, NH 10/3/16

and some song birds.

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,

and turtles.

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

July 9, 2016

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

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

including some unusual ducks.

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015

Hurricane Hill 10/13

We went walking around Wright Reservoir yesterday. They are planning on draining the water because the dam is in poor condition and the town does not have the capital reserves to fix it.