The black ducks of Woodbury Pond visit the little inlet near our house when the wind comes from the south or west. They are sensitive to visitors usually and peaking through the trees sometimes works.

We have not seen a hummingbird around our feeder during the last week or so. The temperatures have drifted toward freezing at night and the local drought has diminished the size of wild flowers, probably decreasing the quantity of available nectar. I think the Maine flocks have out-migrated. The bird shown was seen at the far bog more than a week ago.

While visiting the Webber-Rogers conservation land, we found a variety of birds foraging among the reeds along Potters Brook. This species is a warbler? Sparrow?

On our recent patrol to the far bog we saw a number of birds we haven’t seen most of the summer. The goldfinches were prominent.

On a mid-afternoon walk in the backwoods, as we passed an out-of-production hayfield, a whole family-plus-neighbors waddled slowly away from us.