Diving for lunch
Gull searching for lunch
Party raft
A group of cormorants having a mid-day party
Egret on the marsh
Another look at the egret hanging around the Great Marsh
Egret having a snack
A couple days ago while walking along the west side of the Great Marsh on Mason Island, we found an egret poking around. Eventually the bird grabbed a snack from the marsh channel he was wading in.
Night heron exits left
We attempted to photo the herons in the trees by the Ice pond. But, they flew away as I got closer.
Egret on duty by the bay
Sunset over North Dumpling
The setting sun highlights North Dumpling island at the south end of Fishers Island Sound, Connecticut and New York state, 29-Sept-2021
A year ago on the Madagascal
Exactly a year ago, we were up north beyond the humans, the networks, and the plagues. This is the Madagascal stream in Grand Falls township; it is Maine beyond the grid. You can see Kayla, the I-don’t-know-how-to-canoe dog in the foreground- this is right about the time we took her out for a three-minute canoe ride. Staying in the middle of the canoe is not her strength. Trying to take my paddle away from me (it is a great stick, she loves to play “stick”!) is bad seagirlship.
Back before the covid
From about a month before the Covidians showed up last year (2020), we found these Canada geese floating around the Ice Pond in Mystic (as they typically do). They manage to socially distance themselves as a routine
john's f-stop 