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The Pompy

Today was the day for the great blue heron. We saw him (we think it was just one bird) in three different locations.

Great blue heron
Great blue heron

Great blue heron feeding
Great blue heron feeding

heron flying
heron flying
Great blue on a branch
Great blue on a branch

Jane photographing the heron
Jane photographing the heron
Great blue heron on a beaver lodge with I-91 in the background
Great blue heron on a beaver lodge with I-91 in the background

We also saw other things.

Aster
Aster
Greater yellow legs
Greater yellow legs
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A Day Trip to Squam

Jane, the dogs and I went over to Squam today to go kayaking. When we got there we discovered it was too windy to do it safely.

Windy weather
Windy weather

So we took a walk around the point.

Pinery dock
Pinery dock
Wave on the rocks
Wave on the rocks
Freya's eye
Freya’s eye
Fungus (and lichen and partridge berry leaves)
Fungus (and lichen and partridge berry leaves)
gull
gull

and had a nice visit with my niece, Rebecca.

Rebecca
Rebecca
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Ducks +

We spent another morning on Mink Brook and the Connecticut River.

duck
duck
Duck on log
Duck on log
Ducks on log in fog
Ducks on log in fog
Ducks leaving
Ducks leaving
Cedar waxwing
Cedar waxwing

Eastern phoebe
Eastern phoebe
Turkeys in our front yard
Turkeys in our front yard

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Grafton Pond

We paddled on Grafton Pond this morning and saw at least 12 individual loons scattered around the lake.

Adult with a long neck
Adult with a long neck

Adult loon
Adult loon
Adult's red eyes
Adult’s red eyes
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An adult with his wings out with 2 young
Adult shaking his head
Adult shaking his head
Adult and young loon
Adult and young loon
Young loon by the cattails
Young loon by the cattails
Another young loon stretching.
Another young loon stretching.
A young loon stretching his wings.
A young loon stretching his wings.
One loon popped up only a couple of feet from my kayak.
One loon popped up only a couple of feet from my kayak.

We also saw some other wildlife.

beaver
beaver

This duck was standing on the spillway of the dam.
This duck was standing on the spillway of the dam.

A car with a kayak drove behind the duck on the dam.
A car with a kayak drove behind the duck on the dam.

There were other interesting things to see.
Red moss on a rock
Red moss on a rock

Reflections
Reflections