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
We found these Springtime explorers investigating opportunities on the Kennebec river at Augusta, Maine, several weeks ago.
From the Kennebec river in Gardiner Maine last week.
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.
While we were along the mid-Maine coast in July, we found this summer tanager visiting near our bird feeders.
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.
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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