Sometimes the arts are in the trees

As I have suggested before, when the availability of birds is less than ideal, it is fun to go into “Tree Art.”

Springing into Spring

We are proceeding through a chillier than average Maine Springtime, but nothing really exceptional. Our walking hours are constrained on some days but we are keeping up, on average. We are hearing the birds and, sometimes, getting to see them

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Where did summer go?

We made it through summer with little on-line activity. This sort of matched our rainfall, in August we recorded 0.45 inches. We got 2 to 3 inches in each of June and July, so it has not been a total dry spell. I think the combination of lots of rain in the Spring, resulting in tremendous foliage growth in the trees and across the forest floor, triggered unusually high water absorption. High demand, low supply equals empty brooks and ponds that look like puddles.

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Heron on the dry bog

Several weeks ago we spotted this heron on the dried out beaver bog pond. Maine has had a dramatically rain-less summer and we have never seen the bog pond this dry since the beavers dammed the stream many years ago.

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Blue jay morning

From last week in the north of Maine

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On the beaver bog

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Beaver in the muck

This past summer had our local ponds (in Maine) filled with greenstuff. While we visit this bog/pond made by the beavers many times a season, it has been unusual to actually see one of the beavers.