{"id":5532,"date":"2022-06-24T22:06:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T02:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=5532"},"modified":"2022-06-24T22:06:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T02:06:44","slug":"mostly-from-my-kayak-from-late-may-to-late-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=5532","title":{"rendered":"Mostly from my kayak from late May to late June."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have paddled at least a couple of times a week this month and have seen many of the usual suspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ducks<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mallard with ducklings on a log. Connecticut River 6\/6\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Mallard family. \nConnecticut River 6\/2\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Wood duck and ducklings. Connecticut River 6\/8\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Mallard moulting. Lewiston, ME 6\/12\/22\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Female wood duck. Connecticut River 6\/20\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We saw loons on many of the lakes and rivers we were on.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Loon. Grafton Pond 5\/26\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Loon. Squam Lake 5\/29\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Loon. Connecticut River 6\/6\/22 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Loon. Lake Armington 6\/16\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A loon nesting platform. Squam Lake, NH 5\/29\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Loon on a nesting platform. Kettle Pond, VT 6\/22\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Cormorants and great blue herons were also around as well as some song birds.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cormorant. North Hartland Lake 5\/30\/22\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Cormorant. Connecticut River 6\/2\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Great blue heron. North Hartland Lake 6\/21\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Great blue heron. North Hartland Lake, 5\/30\/22\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Killdeer. North Hartland Lake, 5\/30\/22\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Grackle. Ompomanoosuc River 6\/5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Sparrow. Ompompanoosuc River 6\/5\/22 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sparrow. Lake Armington 6\/16\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Yellowthroat North Hartland Lake 6\/21\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We have also seen many flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Columbine. Connecticut River <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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blue flag. Ompompanoosuc River 6\/5\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lady slipper. Squam Lake 5\/29\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Showy lady slipper. Eshqua Bog 6\/17\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Showy lady slippers. Eshqua Bog 6\/17\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Showy lady slipper bud. Eshqua Bog 6\/17\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I went to Maine for my 50th college reunion and went to the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area. This area has several ecosystems: spruce forest, salt marsh and beach, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n

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View from Morse Mountain. Phippsburg, ME 6\/10\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Snowy egret in the salt marshes. Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area, Phippsburg, ME 6\/10\/22\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Gull walking on the beach. Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area, Phippsburg, ME 6\/10\/22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Watching the waves. Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area, Phippsburg, ME 6\/10\/22\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have paddled at least a couple of times a week this month and have seen many of the usual suspects. Ducks We saw loons on many of the lakes and rivers we were on. Cormorants and great blue herons were also around as well as some song birds. We have also seen many flowers. … <\/p>\n

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