An osprey attempts to catch lunch (came up empty) on a dive into Potter’s brook near Upper Pleasant pond in Litchfield, Maine. This was my first visit to the Webber-Rogers Farmstead Conservation Area, a property of the Kennebec Land Trust.
A young osprey perched on a branch overlooking the Cobbosseecontee stream in Litchfield, Maine today.
At least they were napping until I crept up behind them. Contrary to prior outcomes, they did not panic and fly immediately away.
As mentioned in an earlier post, we have encountered a pair of loons down at pondside frequently this year. The mother and her kid float around, diving periodically, and this is about as close as I can get without a super zoom lens. One day there was two adults and I presume it was the father joining this pair.
We encounter a pair of loons almost every time we wander down to the pond edge this year. If this is the usual suspect, it is a mother loon and her kid is hanging around nearby. They typically stay 20 yards or more from the shore.
During last months visit to the Ice Pond, we had a variety of birds to photograph, as you have seen already. Here is an interesting shot where the cormorant took off from its perch on the mid-pond rock (see earlier post). The bird cruised past the blue heron standing on the dock and a great egret standing on a branch above.
A great blue heron stands on this dock on the east side of the ice pond for hours. Late one afternoon while I waited for him to do something, anything!, he turned to his left and took a bow. He then slowly walked off stage.
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