After my hummingbird feeder broke and the flowering plants seemed dull this year, I did not think we would see many birds. We did have a couple and after waiting with my camera for hours, we got lucky.
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Fishing in the harbor
Another look at the cormorant at the dock’s edge in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, last weekend.
Cormorant on the dock
A cormorant dries its wings at the end of a dock along the Boothbay Harbor waterfront last Sunday
Sunday lunch
A cormorant gets lucky at lunchtime in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, on Sunday. A returning fisherman threw a fish to this beggar of a bird.
Saturday breakfast stop 2
From the Saturday morning visit by our summer visitor; this is a couple more shots of this busy little bird.
Saturday breakfast stop 1
We waited a couple hours outside on the front steps this morning hoping one of our summer residents came by for a snack. We got ready with a smaller, lighter camera with a tripod. It soon showed a “battery Low” warning. Went and got my more robust rig and waited. Suddenly, there it was!
Bittern on the march
This is another image of a “least American bittern.” I am guessing it is the same one I saw on 13-August (see my earlier post). We caught up with him this evening on the no-name pond.
Humming along
We caught a hummingbird sampling the jewel weeds along our driveway last week.
Bird at the pond’s edge
We were surprised to spot this crow-sized bird along the shore of the no-name pond the other day. At the time and after checking my references, I am not sure if this is a heron or a bittern (a least American bittern is a good possibility from field mark descriptions).
Gull on a raft
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