We were fortunate this past week to find a couple of chickadees checking out a stump along the trail. Their apparent interest in evaluating this stick of wood, inside and out, caused them to ignore my nearby presence.

This likely gull spent hours along the edge of Lake Contoocook in New Hampshire last month. The shape of the beak is the strongest reference I have in identifying this beach-goer as an immature seagull.

We had an eagle overlooking the beach on Lake Contoocook in New Hampshire a couple weeks ago.

Last weekend while watching the action on a New Hampshire lake, I spotted a spotted sand piper perusing the beach in front of us.

After multiple dives, the loon that visited our portion of the shoreline gave us this sideways glance as it departed to the center of the lake during our recent New Hampshire trip.

From several weeks ago while encamped on the shores of Lake Contoocook in southern New Hampshire.

During a late evening while lounging at a New Hampshire lakeshore cottage, a heron suddenly arrived and perched on a tree top in front of us. Grabbed my phone and captured the bird through porch screening and dwindling light. The bird stayed, swaying on the light branches for a few minutes and departed.