A pair of ducks swam back and forth on Woodbury Pond yesterday. Others rested along the shore.

This pair of black ducks rested on a log while we slowly approached. Others were swimming around sampling vegetation from the shallow part of the lake.

For two days in a row, a kingfisher checked out the inlet on Woodbury Pond.

Woodbury Pond, Litchfield, Maine: some people have SEAL teams. This is our DUCK team.

What is he doing now? The loon we ran into on July 2 began dancing and a bit later, started calling out in those weird and eerie loon calls.

The entertaining loon of Woodbury pond stretches.

Getting back to Maine found us at the edge of Woodbury Pond when this male loon drifted past. He was floating leisurely during a humid and hot mid-afternoon. I caught him through the bushes. If you look carefully about a foot or so in front of his beak, you can make out a dragon fly. This fellow was entertaining and several more images will follow in the coming days.