The end of the summer has come. Many mornings are foggy, the leaves are changing color, and we are using coverings on our legs to keep warm. We paddled several times on the Connecticut and the Pompy and once on Indian Pond, seeing the usual suspects.
Mallards in fog. Connecticut River 9/4/24Mallard on a log. Connecticut River 9/24/24Ducks on a log, Mink Brook 9/11/24Mallard on a log. Connecticut River 9/17/24Mallards. Connecticut River 9/21/24Mallard. Ompompanoosuc River 9/19/24Mallard flying. Ompompanoosuc 9/5/24 Wood duck taking off. Mink Brook 9/11/24Male wood ducks. Mink Brook 9/11/24Mallard and green heron share a log. Mink Brook, 9/17/24Green heron– stare down. Mink Brook 9/17/24 Green heron. Connecticut River 9/11/24Green heron. Mink Brook 9/24/24 Bald eagle. Mink Brook 9/24/24Bald eagles. Connecticut River 9/17/24Peregrin falcon. Ompompanoosuc River 9/5/24White throated sparrow. Ompompanoosuc River 9/19/24Cedar waxwing. Ompompanoosuc River 9/5/24 Kingfisher. Indian Pond 9/8/24Hay bales from the setback. Ompomanoosuc River 9/5/24 Web. Mink Brook 9/17/24Not an owlet (cat tail seeds) Ompompanoosuc River 9/19/24Leaf reflected. Connecticut River 9/12/24
We have spent several days a week in our kayaks for the past few weeks. We have just seen a few ducks and geese this year, but a wide variety of other wildlife.
Birds
Loon. Upper Baker Pond, NH 6/22/19
Loon family with newborn chicks. Lake Armington, NH 6/22/19
Loon with baby. Grafton Pond 7/2/19
Loon by Ledyard bridge. Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 7/10/19
Sandpiper chick. North Hartland Lake 6/23/19
Belted kingfisher fledgling. North Hartland Lake, VT 7/4/19
Kingbird nestlings. Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 7/10/19
Bath time. catbird, Connecticut River Wilder, VT 7/11/19
Red-winged Blackbird on a cattail. Ompompanoosuc River 7/5/19
Spotted sandpiper. North Hartland Lake 7/4/19
Bald eagle. North Hartland Lake 6/23/19
Mammals
Beaver. North Hartland Lake 7/4/19
Muskrat. Connecticut River 7/7/19
Deer down by the river. Ompompanoosuc River 7/8/19
This week found us on several of our favorite waters. Of course we saw ducks, Duck on a log –Mink Brook, Hanover, NH 7/14/17 Mallard flotilla — Connecticut River, 7/14/17 “Quack” Mallard ducks — Connecticut River, 7/17/17
great blue herons, Great blue heron — –North Hartland Lake 7/16/17
Great blue heron with a big fish (catfish?) –North Hartland Lake 7/16/17 Great blue heron –McDaniel’s marsh 7/18/17
phoebes, Fledgling Eastern Phoebe and adult — Connecticut River, 7/14/17
kingfishers, Kingfisher — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17
and kingbirds.Nestling kingbird –North Hartland Lake 7/16/17
Kingbird on the honeysuckle bush — Connecticut River, 7/17/17
We also saw turtles, Painted turtle — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17Painted turtle, –Mink Brook, Hanover, NH 7/14/17
muskrats,Muskrat — Connecticut River, 7/17/17
and flowers. Pond lily — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17
I still don’t know what this is. — McDaniel’s Marsh, Enfield, NH 7/18/17
This week we have seen a variety of ducks, Mallards on 1 leg — Connecticut River 8/15 Brown Duck on one leg — Kilowatt Park, Wilder, VT 8/17/16 Wood duck — Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 8/18/16 Ducks in fog –Ompompanoosuc River 8/20
Reflection. Mallard — Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 8/18/16
gold finches, Gold finch — Kilowatt Park, Wilder, VT 8/17/16
green herons, Green heron –Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 8/18/16
egrets,
Great egret –North Hartland Lake 8/21/16
kingfishers, Belted kingfisher –North Hartland Lake, 8/21/16
chicken of the wood,Chicken of the woods — Ompompanoosuc River, 8/20/16
and turtles.Painted turtles — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/21/16