Mallards on the sea

A pair of mallards cruise along the Connecticut shoreline along Fishers Island Sound today. The extent of frozen-over fresh water ponds in the area is such that the birds are opting for the open water of the sea.

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Afternoon along the river

Another view of the typical afternoon in late summer along the Kennebec river in Augusta, Maine. The gulls hang around this inland waterway as if they were hanging around the ocean, which is twenty-to-thirty miles away. To make them feel at home, the river actually raises and falls from the tidal affects from the Gulf of Maine (the effect isn’t great and is negligible from this point north).

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Gulls on the Kennebec

From a couple months ago during a walk along Mill Park on the Kennebec river in Augusta, Maine.

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Winter sea scape

We had a chance to tour the Southeast Connecticut coast this past weekend. The sea birds are getting set for winter and the humans have done their preparations for the likely weather to come.

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Sandpipers at the bay

Continuing our review of late summer visits along the Connecticut shore, we found these sandpipers, probably greater yellowlegs.

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Sparrow at the house

During our visit to Connecticut several months ago, we had a visitor up close. This House Sparrow, I think, is a frequent user of the bird bath and feeders provided by my brother.

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Another one gets away

As I visited the Poggy Bay marsh in late summer, I spotted a heron hanging around the boat dock. Typically, as I slowly approached as carefully as possible, it detected my presence and did not opt for the photo opportunity.