North Hartland Lake 8/30

North Hartland Lake again lived up to our expectations: We saw herons, cormorants, and turtles.

Great blue heron preening
Great blue heron preening

Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Cormorants
Cormorants
Turtle
Turtle

We will be sorry when it closes for the season on September 13.

North Hartland Lake 8/8

We took a leisurely paddle on North Hartland Lake this morning, seeing herons (blue, green and white), turtles, eagles.

Immature bald eagle
Immature bald eagle

Green heron
Green heron
Great blue heron taking off
Great blue heron taking off
Common egret
Common egret
Egret flying
Egret flying
Egret flying
Egret flying
Turtle
Turtle

North Hartland Lake 6/20

We spent the morning on North Hartland Lake. It was a day for turtles, lots of small birds, flowers, more turtles. We did see one great blue heron flying up the river.

Four turtles on a log
Four turtles on a log
Spotted sandpiper and a turtle
Spotted sandpiper and a turtle
Song(?) sparrow
Song(?) sparrow
Yellowthroat
Yellowthroat
Eastern kingbird
Eastern kingbird
Kingfisher hovering
Kingfisher hovering
red winged blackbird
red winged blackbird
Red tail hawk
Red tail hawk
Vetch
Vetch

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