While walking along the Augusta Greenway on the east side of the Kennebec river in Augusta, Maine, today, I was approached by two eagles. After they briefly wrestled with each other above me, screeching the whole time, one went and sat on a branch ahead of me. Then, the bird leapt from the branch, flew over my position as you can see here. It did not threaten me (perhaps my 150-600mm zoom lens looked like a formidable weapon) and departed as fast as it had arrived.
The pace of Springtime has been somewhat slow in central Maine. We have not had snow in more than a month but really warm and consistent weather has been denied to us (which is usual, by the way, but lets me complain). But we did get a flurry of visitors a week or so ago. Here is the state bird!
On the outlet stream from the Beaver bog, these common mergansers look for food and perhaps a place to nest during the rest of Springtime.
The outlet stream from the Beaver bog is a typical Spring season hang out for all sorts of ducks. Here a group of mallards check out this year’s version.
On a visit to the so-called Beaver bog, created by a team of beavers over twenty years ago, we found a beaver near their latest dam. Their work has flooded the bog and made it a useful resource for all kinds of ducks and other creatures.
During our recent visit along the Kennebec river in Gardiner, Maine (see previous posts), we not only had a chance to see a number of herring gulls standing around but some of them actually flew back and forth for us.
Last month when we visited the Gardiner landing along the Kennebec river in central (sort of) Maine, we caught a flock of gulls checking out the local citizens, the ice blocks flowing downstream, and the prospects that Spring was really arriving.
Back in March when the ice on the Kennebec river was breaking up, I managed to find a flock of gulls contemplating the change in season. Here a youngster is keeping their eye on me.
Last fall a large tree fell into Woodbury Pond. The ice during the winter encased it and created this unusual image, caught during a warm late winter day as fog hovered over the pond.
We have reached eleven months of Coronia and two-thirds of another Maine winter. We are expecting the slow return of Spring, Summer, and the Fall. We hope to start seeing more birds and fewer tracks in the snow to mark the end of Winter.
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