duck – Nancy's Corner

August 28, 2016

A week on the water: August 22-28

What we saw this week: night hawks,

Nighthawks migrating --Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Nighthawks migrating –Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

great blue herons,

Great blue heron -- Ompomanoosuc River 8/27 — Great blue heron — Ompomanoosuc River 8/27

Great blue heron flying low -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16 — Great blue heron flying low — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16

Great blue heron fishing -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16 — Great blue heron fishing — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16

Great Blue Heron in tree --North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16 — Great Blue Heron in tree –North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16

green heron,

Green heron --Ompompanoosuc River, VT 8/27/16 — Green heron –Ompompanoosuc River, VT 8/27/16

cormorants,

Double crested cormorant --North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28 /16 — Double crested cormorant –North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28
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Cormorants -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16 — Cormorants — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16

Double crested cormorants --North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16 — Double crested cormorants –North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16

ducks,

Wood duck -- Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Wood duck — Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

Mallards flying --Ompompanoosuc River, 8/27 — Mallards flying –Ompompanoosuc River, 8/27/16

Mallard taking off --Ompompanoosus River, 8/27 — Mallard taking off –Ompompanoosuc River, 8/27/16

Mallards framed --Ompompanoosus River, 8/27 — Mallards framed –Ompompanoosuc River, 8/27/16

sandpipers,

Spotted Sandpiper -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16 — Spotted Sandpiper — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16

Solitary sandpiper -- North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16 — Solitary sandpiper — North Hartland Lake, VT 8/28/16

loons,

Loon feeding baby --Grafton Pond, NH 8/23/16 — Loon feeding baby –Grafton Pond, NH 8/23/16

beaver,

Beaver --Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Beaver –Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

Beaver slapping his tail -- Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Beaver slapping his tail — Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

chipmunks,

Chipmunk --Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16 — Chipmunk –Connecticut River, Wilder,VT 8/24/16

and some songbirds.

Gold finch --North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16 — Gold finch –North Hartland Lake, VT 8/25/16

Kingbird in an alder --Ompompanoosus River, 8/27 — Kingbird in an alder –Ompompanoosus River, 8/27

July 16, 2015July 16, 2015

Connecticut River and Mink Brook 7/14-16

On our paddles to Mink Brook this week we have seen a variety of wildlife: mostly ducks, but also other birds, small animals and flowers.

Young duck (merganser?). He's a loner, neither sibs nor parent around. We have seen him 3 times now. — Young duck (merganser?). He’s a loner, neither sibs nor parent around. We have seen him 3 times now.

Black (?) ducks on Mink Brook

Black (?) ducks on Mink Brook

Mrs Wood Duck and duckling

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Red winged blackbird

Goldfinch

Chipmunk

black eyed susans (and daisies)

St. John's wort — St. John’s wort

September 28, 2013

Webs, birds and boats

It was foggy this morning on the Connecticut.

Crows

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Geese flying

Fog

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We saw more boats today than we have on any other paddle on the River.

Kayak

Motorboat

Crew

Sculls

Rowboat with dog

Rowboat

September 7, 2013September 7, 2013

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 loon

Adult's red eyes — Adult’s red eyes

An adult with his wings out with 2 young

Adult shaking his head

Adult and young loon

Young loon by the cattails

Another young loon stretching.

A young loon stretching his wings.

One loon popped up only a couple of feet from my kayak.

We also saw some other wildlife.

beaver

This duck was standing on the spillway of 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

Reflections

August 16, 2012

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