From several weeks ago while encamped on the shores of Lake Contoocook in southern New Hampshire.
Loon on alert
photography
Mom says go away
On our annual visit to the nest on Schoolhouse road, we found a mother osprey keeping two chicks down low, out of sight. Come on, Mom! You could make them famous!
New Hampshire solstice
A beginning of summer image from Lake Contoocook, New Hampshire, looking west with Mount Monadnock on the right side horizon. Taken during a rare Covid excursion in June 2020.
Summertime shadows
End of day heron visit
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.
Alternative energies
The Beaver bog
The latest view of the Beaver bog.
The beaver dam, another view
The latest beaver dam has now re-created the pond that existed about twenty-five years ago when the beavers first flooded the area now known as the beaver bog. You can see the new pond at the top of this image. The water that has leaked through the dam, seen in the lower part of the image, makes the image you see in the previous post.
At the beaver dam
One less fish in the Kennebec river
During my walk along the Augusta Greenway on Friday last, I was surprised by a pair of eagles appearing overhead (see my previous post). Not long after that event, while sitting down on a stone block by the Kennebec Arsenal property, a lone osprey cruised north over the Kennebec river at about 40 feet. Suddenly, right in front of me, the bird dove straight down and Bam! It pulled out a fish and then, while I scrambled again to get my telephoto lens unlocked, auto focus engaged, camera turned ON!, it rose up off the water right toward me and then leveled off, heading to the right as if to show me the goods. What am I, an Inland Fish and Wildlife warden now? The overhanging trees are blocking some the view here, but thank the gods for all my Nikon and Tamron technology!
