We were crossing the stream where the beavers have their current set of dams when one of them came steaming toward us.
Beaver incoming!
maine woods
Spotting a spotted sandpiper
Blackbird on the Madagascal
Along the Madagascal Stream as it winds its way through Grand Falls Township in north, central Maine, the red-wing blackbirds are ubiquitous this time of year.
A lesser yellowleg by the stream
Found this guy poking around on the beaver dam just upstream from a snow-machine bridge last week
Spring flowers arrive
We have found evidence of Spring during our walks in the woods this week. This trillium is ahead of the pack.
Branch along the pond
This old branch looks like a creature from a scary novel.
A painted lady
A Painted Lady butterfly made it to Maine this year.
Mr and Mrs Merganser from Maine
The hooded merganser couple cruising along the no-name pond in the Maine backwoods two days ago.
Merganser at the no-name pond
We walked to the no-name pond in the backwoods yesterday to look for ducks. We sat by the pond edge for thirty minutes waiting for ducks to fly in. Then, movement on the far shore. A pair of hooded mergansers were already there, hiding along the shoreline. This is the male. He isn’t showing his distinctive crown and this slowed up my identification once I processed the images.
Visiting the middle bog
While waiting as quietly as possible for some wood ducks to swim by in the middle bog, I became the subject of another viewer.
john's f-stop 