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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
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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.
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Ducks

This morning was one for ducks (and a dog) on the Connecticut.

Duck that had been diving.
Duck that had been diving.

Half-grown ducklings
Half-grown ducklings

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Portrait of a duck
Portrait of a duck
Female duck
Female duck
Wood ducklings
Wood ducklings

Young ducklings
Young ducklings

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