The Maine winter weather has been slow to leave and this has reduced our outdoor time. We were quite surprised to get sorta close to this common goldeneye duck species this week.
Spring goldeneye
birds
Ducks waiting for Spring
The ducks and geese are gathering along river, stream, and pond shorelines. Ice out is still in the future and open water is appearing only slowly.
A turkey of a vulture
Undercover heron
A young heron standing on a branch and pretending to be invisible.
Gull on ice
Ice bound mallards
A pair of mallards on the partially open Kennebec river this week
Another look at Harry the woodpecker
Coastal cruise
A loon with their winter outfit drifts past a herring gull on duty on a coastal rock earlier this month
Winter woodpecker
A hairy woodpecker pounds into a birch tree, sending parts of the tree into the air around it.
Geese arrival
A flock of canada geese arrive on Poggy Bay on the Connecticut coast
john's f-stop 