{"id":6886,"date":"2025-10-18T21:10:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T01:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=6886"},"modified":"2025-10-18T21:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T01:10:54","slug":"from-my-kayak-8-30-9-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=6886","title":{"rendered":"From my kayak 8\/30-9\/1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We paddled North Hartland Lake twice on their closing weekend (Labor Day).  We will miss seeing the eagles, herons, kingfishers and turtles until next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"6836\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1-2-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1-2.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bald eagle. North Hartland Lake 8\/30\/25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"6837\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-1-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-1.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Young bald eagle. North Hartland Lake 8\/30\/25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/migrating-birds-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"6838\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/migrating-birds-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/migrating-birds-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/migrating-birds-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/migrating-birds-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/migrating-birds-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/migrating-birds-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/migrating-birds-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Migrating birds. North Hartland Lake 8\/30\/25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wood-ducks-flying-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"6839\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wood-ducks-flying-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wood-ducks-flying-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wood-ducks-flying-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wood-ducks-flying-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wood-ducks-flying-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wood-ducks-flying-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wood-ducks-flying-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wood ducks flying. North Hartland Lake 8\/30\/25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"6840\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-adult-1.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adult bald eagle. North Hartland Lake 9\/1\/25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-fluffing-feathers-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"6841\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-fluffing-feathers-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-fluffing-feathers-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-fluffing-feathers-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-fluffing-feathers-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-fluffing-feathers-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-fluffing-feathers-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-fluffing-feathers-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eagle-juv-fluffing-feathers-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Immature bald eagle fluffing it&#8217;s feathers North Hartland Lake 9\/1\/25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kingfisher-1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"987\" height=\"656\" data-id=\"6843\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kingfisher-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kingfisher-1-2.jpg 987w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kingfisher-1-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kingfisher-1-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kingfisher-1-2-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Belted kingfisher North Hartland Lake 9\/1\/25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/osprey-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"817\" data-id=\"6844\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/osprey-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/osprey-1.jpg 545w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/osprey-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/osprey-1-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Osprey, North Hartland Lake 9\/1\/25<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spotted-sandpiper-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" data-id=\"6845\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spotted-sandpiper-1-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spotted-sandpiper-1-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spotted-sandpiper-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spotted-sandpiper-1-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spotted-sandpiper-1-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spotted-sandpiper-1.jpg 1083w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Spotted sandpiper (?). North Hartland Lake 9\/1\/25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We paddled North Hartland Lake twice on their closing weekend (Labor Day). We will miss seeing the eagles, herons, kingfishers and turtles until next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[1],"tags":[71,200,70,155,72],"class_list":["post-6886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bald-eagle","tag-belted-kingfisher","tag-north-hartland-lake","tag-osprey","tag-wood-ducks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jane-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3S4pT-1N4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886","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=6886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6887,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886\/revisions\/6887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}