Another trip to North Hartland Lake

The herons cooperated today on our paddle on North Hartland Lake.

Great blue heron
Great blue heron

Great blue heron
Great blue heron
Young great blue heron
Young great blue heron
Spotted sandpiper
Spotted sandpiper

Unfortunately, the weather didn’t and produced some showers.

One way of dealing with a rain shower.
One way of dealing with a rain shower.

Connecticut River and Mink Brook

This morning we did our usual paddle up the Connecticut from Kilowatt Park to Mink Brook and back. It never fails in showing us some wildlife.

Great blue heron and duck on Mink Brook
Great blue heron and duck on Mink Brook

Kingfisher
Kingfisher
An immature heron on Mink Brook
An immature heron on Mink Brook
Immature heron taking off from tree.
Immature heron taking off from tree.
Immature heron flying
Immature heron flying
Wood duck
Wood duck
Water lilies
Water lilies

North Hartland Lake

We paddled on the North Hartland Lake this morning and saw a variety of wildlife.

Cormorants
Cormorants

Cormorant
Cormorant

This has been the weekend for great blue heron, seeing them both on the Connecticut yesterday and in North Hartland today.

Great blue heron standing under the Joe Pye weed.
Great blue heron standing under the Joe Pye weed.

Great blue heron taking off.
Great blue heron taking off.
Great blue heron flying
Great blue heron flying

We also saw some ducks that we couldn’t identify. Perhaps they are gadwalls.

Ducks of some sort
Ducks of some sort

Ducks flying
Ducks flying

Great blue herons and deer

We watched a great blue heron on the Connecticut this morning.Great blue heron-5724

Great blue heron
Great blue heron
Fishing
Fishing
Great blue heron fluffing his feathers after a quick dip.
Great blue heron fluffing his feathers after a quick dip. I’m not sure if he fell or jumped in while fishing .
Reflections
Reflections

We also saw a couple of deer and some ducks.

A doe and an buck.
A doe and an buck.

A deer watching some ducks.
A deer watching some ducks.