We wandered over to Mud Pond yesterday to explore the new summer just exposing itself in Maine.
Time to walk the plank
Maine
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
Meandering ducks on the Kennebec
We found these Springtime explorers investigating opportunities on the Kennebec river at Augusta, Maine, several weeks ago.
Approaching Gardiner Landing
Lunchtime for the gulls
From the Kennebec river in Gardiner Maine last week.
Who is looking at who?
It has been awhile since we posted but here is an early Spring sight from the Gardiner (Maine) waterfront on the shore of the Kennebec river.
Back to summer
While we were along the mid-Maine coast in July, we found this summer tanager visiting near our bird feeders.
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.
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.
john's f-stop 