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.

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.