While we were along the mid-Maine coast in July, we found this summer tanager visiting near our bird feeders.
Back to summer
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Now we get to Fall
A cormorant looking for something useful in the semi-turbulent waters of Fishers Island Sound off the southeastern Connecticut coast last week.
Gull grabbing lunch
From several months ago on the Connecticut coast near Mystic, a gull grabbed something while we wandered along the shore line.
Fall visitor
We visited the Connecticut coast this past week and found an egret exploring.
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.
Goldfinch looking for lunch
Hummingbird looking east
The bluejays arrive
During our Memorial weekend visit to the north of Maine last week, we had to wait until Monday for the sun to arrive. We then found our friend’s bird feeders surrounded by blue jays.
Hummingbird visiting
Another northern Maine visitor last week
john's f-stop 