This morning Jane and I took our annual trip to Eshqua Bog in Hartland, VT to see the showy lady slippers. They didn’t disappoint.
There were other bog flowers like water avens, Indian cucumber root, and false hellebore (not shown).
The birds were singing all around us.
Jane and I have been kayaking several times since mid-May.
The Pompy had several families of Canada geese as well as some hooded mergansers.
They are both good parents but with differing parenting styles. The geese kept close watch over their goslings, keeping them in line with adults at both ends.
On the other hand, the hooded merganser mother hid her family and splashed away, hoping we would follow her.
We also saw a variety of birds, animals, and flowers on the rivers we paddled.
I’ve spent the winter and spring walking with the dogs most afternoons at Kilowatt Park.
As the snow melted, we held a rubber duckie party.
We also have seen some wildlife..
and flowers.
I’ve taken walks at Kilowatt Park in Wilder, VT nearly every day and have found a few things that are picture worthy.
I’ve also photographed some squirrels and birds.
On Tuesday, Jane and I enjoyed our trip to the Vermont Institute of Natural Science which specializes in rehabilitating raptors. All the birds on exhibit cannot be returned to the wild for some reason, whether having a missing or injured wing, brain damage, being imprinted on humans etc. Their talks are informative, though for the winter, they only present one bird per talk. We first saw a barn owl.
We walked through the exhibits, and saw owls, ravens,
Hawks,
and eagles.
We took a walk on the trails including the canopy walk which puts you 30-70 feet in the air, near the tops of the trees.
We went back to another informative talk on the Harris hawk. This hawk lives in the Southwest and often hunts in packs.
