{"id":5839,"date":"2023-07-05T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=5839"},"modified":"2023-07-05T20:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T00:15:00","slug":"kayaking-6-15-7-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=5839","title":{"rendered":"Kayaking 6\/15-7\/1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weather has been iffy, with threats of thunderstorms almost daily, but we did get out in our kayaks a few times, mostly in our usual places but also in Molly&#8217;s Pond in Vermont.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-guys-4863.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-guys-4863.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-guys-4863-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-guys-4863-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tim, Eric and Rick paddling in the smoke at Molly&#8217;s Pond 7\/1\/23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The birds have babies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/geese-goslings-4699.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/geese-goslings-4699.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/geese-goslings-4699-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/geese-goslings-4699-150x32.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Canada geese with goslings.  Ompompanoosuc River, 6\/22\/23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/wood-ducks-4809.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/wood-ducks-4809.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/wood-ducks-4809-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/wood-ducks-4809-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wood ducks. Connecticut River 6\/29\/23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/merganser-splash-4825.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/merganser-splash-4825.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/merganser-splash-4825-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/merganser-splash-4825-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mama merganser splashing to draw our attention away from her chicks.  Connecticut River 6\/29\/23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mergansers-4823.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mergansers-4823.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mergansers-4823-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mergansers-4823-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Merganser family. Connecticut River 6\/29\/23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/loon-with-1-chick-4882.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/loon-with-1-chick-4882.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/loon-with-1-chick-4882-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/loon-with-1-chick-4882-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Loon with baby chick.  Molly&#8217;s Pond 7\/1\/23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/loon-chicks-4905.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/loon-chicks-4905.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/loon-chicks-4905-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/loon-chicks-4905-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Loon chicks swimming towards us. Molly&#8217;s Pond 7\/1\/23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/eagle-4917.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/eagle-4917.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/eagle-4917-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/eagle-4917-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eagle eyeing the loon&#8217;s nest. Molly&#8217;s Pond 7\/1\/23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/eagle-take-off-4630.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/eagle-take-off-4630.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/eagle-take-off-4630-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/eagle-take-off-4630-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Immature eagle taking off. North Hartland Lake 6\/20\/23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also saw some other birds and animals.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/great-blue-heron-4401.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/great-blue-heron-4401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/great-blue-heron-4401-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/great-blue-heron-4401-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Great blue heron. Mink Brook 6\/15\/23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yellow-throat-4566.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow throat. North Hartland Lake 6\/20\/23\" class=\"wp-image-5836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yellow-throat-4566.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yellow-throat-4566-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yellow-throat-4566-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yellowthroat. North Hartland Lake 6\/20\/23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/painted-turtle-4551.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/painted-turtle-4551.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/painted-turtle-4551-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/painted-turtle-4551-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Painted turtle.  North Hartland Lake 6\/20\/23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mink-4365.jpg\" alt=\"Mink. Connecticut River 6\/15\/2023\" class=\"wp-image-5838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mink-4365.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mink-4365-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mink-4365-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mink-4365-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mink. Connecticut River 6\/15\/2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather has been iffy, with threats of thunderstorms almost daily, but we did get out in our kayaks a few times, mostly in our usual places but also in Molly&#8217;s Pond in Vermont. The birds have babies. We also saw some other birds and animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,65,66],"class_list":["post-5839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-connecticut-river","tag-great-blue-heron","tag-ompompanoosuc-river"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3S4pT-1wb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5841,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5839\/revisions\/5841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}