On mud pond in the Woodbury bird sanctuary last week, the lily pad congregation enjoyed an early fall day.
Greenery on mud pond
Maine
Fall comes to the beaver bog
As we walked the trail around the beaver bog (now a good sized pond due to the beaver’s comprehensive damming operations), we noted the beginning of this year’s color change and leaf dropping. While the pond has been a bit lower most of the summer, it is now full and there is little evidence of drought.
Autumn approaches
A summer day at the pond
Cormorant flyby
While walking along the Kennebec river in Augusta, Maine, the other day. This cormorant kept moving ahead of me as I walked.
Loon again
Another look at the lone loon on Woodbury Pond the other day (see previous post). Typically they are seen well out in the middle of the pond whenever we visit. When they do venture closer to shore, typically I have no camera or just a phone. This is the best I can do with the pretty good iPhone Pro Max, hand held.
Loon on Woodbury pond
We journeyed over to the pond this afternoon and was lucky to have a visitor drifting around with no apparent purpose. I suspect this loon wanted to make me mad by presenting a great potential image at the same time catching me with only my iPhone.
Tall stump
Summer is here
We have made it to summer finally. The New England weather at the time of the solstice last week was quite Spring like. For example, forty-eight degrees (F) in the morning does not seem SummerTime. Eight-five degrees and humid, that’s more like it.
Lonely as a cloud
john's f-stop 