{"id":6183,"date":"2024-07-08T19:52:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T23:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=6183"},"modified":"2024-07-08T19:52:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T23:52:21","slug":"from-my-kayak-6-30-7-7-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=6183","title":{"rendered":"From my kayak 6\/30 -7\/7\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jane and I have been out a few times together. On Sunday 6\/30 we went to the Pompy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mallards on a log. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Almost adult Canada geese <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Common merganser family. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Grackles. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great blue heron. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Canada lily. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Virginia raspberry.
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Basswood flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Purple loosestrife. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joe Pye weed. Ompompanoosuc River 6\/30\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After some family obligations, we returned to the Pompy on 7\/5. Apparently the merganser family got separated. We saw the mama upriver from the youngsters. Like the wood ducks, merganser mama will often leave the young to hide while she tries to lead the predator away from them. The merganser duckling was keeping fairly close to a female mallard. We also found a doe and fawn in a setback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Common merganser mama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Merganser duckling. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Doe in the setback. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fawn. Ompompanoosuc River 7\/5\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, we returned to the Connecticut River. When we got to the launch, we saw an eagle flying toward the dam and then heard many loon calls. We followed the eagle and found 4 loon adults. We went south by Kilowatt South, then followed the New Hampshire shore, paralleling the loons, seeing other things as we went along. The highlight was when we saw a loon swallow a fish about 10 inches long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4 loons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eagle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Black-eyed Susans.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mallard family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kingfisher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loon with a fish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Getting it in right position <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Swallow it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stretch to settle it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Too stuffed to dive. Connecticut River 7\/7\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jane and I have been out a few times together. On Sunday 6\/30 we went to the Pompy. After some family obligations, we returned to the Pompy on 7\/5. Apparently the merganser family got separated. We saw the mama upriver from the youngsters. Like the wood ducks, merganser mama will often leave the young to … <\/p>\n

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