{"id":4784,"date":"2020-08-29T11:06:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T15:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=4784"},"modified":"2020-08-29T11:06:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T15:06:22","slug":"from-my-kayak-8-13-8-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=4784","title":{"rendered":"From my kayak 8\/13-8\/24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We saw some unusual wildlife (for us) recently. At North Hartland Lake we came upon a bear swimming across the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Black bear crossing the river.\nNorth Hartland Lake, 8\/15\/2020\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The next time we were there, we saw a couple of coyotes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coyote. North Hartland Lake. 8\/22\/2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coyote digging. North Hartland Lake. 8\/22\/2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They looked and acted so much like my dog Freya, it was uncanny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Freya.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We have been watching green herons, both on the Connecticut and the Pompy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Green heron. Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 8\/24\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Green heron yawning. Connecticut River 8\/17\/2020\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We also saw some of the more usual wildlife: cormorants, ducks, geese, a merlin and of course, painted turtles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cormorants. North Hartland Lake, 9\/15\/2020\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wood duck. \nConnecticut River, Hanover, NH 8\/17\/2020\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mallard beginning to get breeding colors. Connecticut River, Hanover, NH 8\/13\/2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mallards preening. Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 8\/23\/2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Sentry” Canada goose. \nOmpompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 8\/20\/2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Merlin. North Hartland Lake, 8\/22\/2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Painted turtles on a log.\nNorth Hartland Lake, 8\/15\/2020\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We saw some unusual wildlife (for us) recently. At North Hartland Lake we came upon a bear swimming across the lake. The next time we were there, we saw a couple of coyotes. They looked and acted so much like my dog Freya, it was uncanny. We have been watching green herons, both on the … <\/p>\n

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