The young birds are all around. Some are still in the nest.
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/loon-on-nest-8068.jpg)
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/kingbird-and-nest-7970.jpg)
Some have just left the nest and are watched over by a parent.
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/mama-mallard-7964.jpg)
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ducklings-7965.jpg)
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/loon-and-baby-8040.jpg)
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/mixed-families-7774.jpg)
Others are off on their own.
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/wheres-mama-7914.jpg)
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gbh-immature-7729.jpg)
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/green-heron-7817.jpg)
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/woodies-7546.jpg)
And there are a few adults, too.
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eagle-flying-7482.jpg)
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eagle-7699.jpg)
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/loon-7991.jpg)
Dragonflies and butterflies put in their appearances too.
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/swallowtail-7893.jpg)
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dragonfly-7849.jpg)
![](https://mindpictures.com/corner/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dragonfly-8014.jpg)
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The young birds are all around. Some are still in the nest.
Some have just left the nest and are watched over by a parent.
Others are off on their own.
And there are a few adults, too.
Dragonflies and butterflies put in their appearances too.
We have been out eight times in the past two weeks to our usual haunts: North Hartland Lake, Grafton Pond and the Connecticut River near Wilder, VT. We have seen birds:
as well as other animals and plants.
We are still kayaking, though more in the afternoons and are still seeing wildlife; some migrant and some resident.
Jane and I went to Grafton Pond on Tuesday. The loon chicks have hatched and are being tended by their parents. We saw two families of loons, one with a very young chick,
Grafton Pond, NH 7/10/18
Grafton Pond, NH 7/10/18
and another with a larger and older chick.
Grafton Pond, NH 7/10/18
We also found a great blue heron hiding in the bushes.
Grafton Pond, NH 7/10/18