The gull I was following finally caught something, as seen above. I am not sure what it is!? I did not think gulls ate fish (the ones I know go for the french fries left unattended on the other side of the picnic table).
Lunch is caught
birds
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.
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
Osprey over the Kennebec
During an early afternoon walk in Mill Park, Augusta, Maine. This osprey was perched above the Kennebec river when it spied another osprey going after a fish.
Hummingbird landing
Hummingbird at the feeder
We have had a long hummingbird season this year. When advised that they were appearing in Maine toward the end of April, I managed to deploy a feeder. I anticipated few visitors since we barely had green foliage around the yard and no natural flowers to speak of. We got swamped with activity. It has been that way all year. I have two feeders and have to fill them every three or four days now.
john's f-stop 