Tag: Ompompanoosuc River

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Herons and pipers

This was a week of herons and sandpipers,

Great blue heron --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016
Great blue heron –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

Great egret --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016
Great egret –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016
Great blue herons in tree --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016
Great blue herons in tree –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016
Great blue herons, --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016
Great blue herons, –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

Pied piper. Great blue heron leading mallards -- North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016
Pied piper. Great blue heron leading mallards — North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

Least sandpiper --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016
Least sandpiper –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

Solitary sandpiper --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016
Solitary sandpiper –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016
Osprey --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016
Osprey –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016
Canada geese --North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016
Canada geese –North Hartland Lake, VT 9/3/2016

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Wildlife seen 6/10 to 6/17

During the past week, we have paddled on the Connecticut River, North Hartland Lake and the Ompompanoosuc River and have seen a variety of critters.

Spotted sandpiper
Spotted sandpiper

Mama wood duck guarding her ducklings
Mama wood duck guarding her ducklings
young loon spreading its wings
young loon spreading its wings
A loon with winter plumage on its head and summer plumage on its body.
A loon with winter plumage on its head and summer plumage on its body.
Beaver in the evening light
Beaver in the evening light
Wood turtle
Wood turtle
squirrel on a dock
squirrel on a dock
Goslings
Goslings
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Pompy 9/27

We paddled the Ompompanoosuc River yesterday afternoon, seeing great blue herons, a few ducks, a squirrel and a variety of little
birds.

Great blue heron
Great blue heron

Great blue heron ruffling its feathers
Great blue heron ruffling its feathers
"I see you"
“I see you”
A swamp (?) sparrow going down to the river to take a bath
A swamp (?) sparrow going down to the river to take a bath
Song(?) sparrow
Song(?) sparrow
Downy woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Red squirrel trying to harvest hemlock cones
Red squirrel trying to harvest hemlock cones
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Pompy 9/19

A foggy morning on the Ompompanoosuc River this morning.

Web
Web

We saw at least 2 great blue herons,

Great blue heron, reflected.
Great blue heron, reflected.

"They went that way"
“They went that way”

ducks,

Heron and ducks
Heron and ducks

Mallards flying
Mallards flying

tree full of flickers,

Yellow-shafted flickers
Yellow-shafted flickers

and some flowers.
Jerusalem artichoke
Jerusalem artichoke