pickerel weed – Nancy's Corner

We have spent the month on our local lakes/rivers with an occasional foray to more distant bodies of water.

Great blue heron –North Hartland Lake -7/27/19
Great blue heron –North Hartland Lake 7/27/19
Great blue heron. — Ompompanoosuc River 7/28/18
Great blue heron –North Hartland Lake 8/2/19
Green heron –Connecticut River 7/29/19
Common loon –Grafton Pond 7/30/19
Common loon. –Grafton Pond 7/30/19
Fish for baby. Common loon– Grafton Pond, NH 7/30/19
Loon on display –Grafton Pond 7-30-19
White great heron –North Hartland Lake 8/2/19
Bald Eagle –North Hartland Lake 8/2/19
Osprey –North Hartland Lake 8/10/19
Wood duck –North Hartland Lake 8/2/19
Spotted sandpiper –North Hartland Lake 8/2/19
Bee on pickerel weed. –North Hartland Lake 8/10/19
Butterfly on Joe Pye weed.–North Hartland Lake 8/10/19
A dragon fly –Grafton Pond 7/30/19
Twelve spotted dragon fly –Connecticut River 7/29/19
Pond lily with damsel fly –Ompompanoosuc River 7/28/19

On Saturday, Jane and I headed to the Connecticut River in Wilder. We started in a light rain, which stopped by the time we got to Mink Brook and cleared by the time we returned to Wilder.

The ducklings are growing. One family is nearly adult sized.

Ducks
Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 7/14/18

We watched a couple of muskrats snacking, sitting on a log, then leaving to get some more goodies.

2 muskrats.
Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 7/14/18

Mallard.
Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 7/14/18

We returned to the Wilder boat launch to find a family of young ducklings settling in for a nap.

Time for a nap. Mallard ducklings.
Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 7/14/18

Sunday, we went to North Hartland Lake.

Tag: pickerel weed

From my kayak 7/27-8/11

Connecticut River and North Hartland Lake 7/14-15