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From my kayak 5/28-6/15

We’ve kayaked a couple of times a week on the Connecticut River or on the Ompompanoosuc. The geese and ducks are out with their families.

Family of Canadian geese. Hanover, NH 5/28/2020
Canadian geese. Norwich,VT 6/13/2020
Mallard family. Wilder, VT 6/4/2020
Mallards 6/14
Mallard family eating snails. Lebanon, NH 6/14/2020
Merganser trying to lead us away from its nest. Norwich, VT 6/13/2020

Other birds are showing their colors.

Grackle. Wilder, VT 6/4/2020
Flicker. Norwich, VT 6/8/2020

The kingbirds have nested.

Kingbird in nest. Wilder, VT 6/4/2020

And the red-winged blackbirds are guarding their territory from predators.

Turkey vulture. Norwich, VT 6/8/2020
Mink. Wilder, VT 6/15/2020
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From my kayak 6/7-10

We had 4 days of beautiful weather– bluebird skies, air temperatures around 80ยบ, water temps in the mid to upper 50’s, so we headed for some of our favorite rivers.

We didn’t find any herons and only a few ducks and geese, but there was still a lot to see and hear. The frog sounds were so loud that it drowned out the traffic noise on the Pompy.

  • Grackle. Mink Brook, NH 6/7/19
  • Loon stretching – Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 6/7/19
  • Luna moth — Connecticut River, Lebanon, NH 6/8/19
  • Large rodent (woodchuck? muskrat? beaver?) grooming. Mink Brook, Hanover, NH 6/8/19
  • Frog Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 6/9/19
  • Frog singing. Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 6/9/19
  • Red-winged blackbird. Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 6/9/19
  • Deer –North Hartland Lake, VT 6/10/19
  • Frog –North Hartland Lake, VT 6/10/19
  • Mallard with ducklings –North Hartland Lake, VT 6/10/19