A northward bound heron heads for the Augusta, Maine, downtown skimming above the Kennebec river last month.
Heron on the move
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Goose on the rocks
A canada goose paddled toward me as I hung around the Ice pond. Then stood up on this rock for a close up.
Pleasant Pond in the sky
On a recent walk along the Pleasant pond.
Dragonfly on the ball
Heron in a rushing Kennebec river
Osprey on patrol
From the archives
Tree art from Potter’s Brook
Loon along the brook
A loon floats along Potter’s brook near Pleasant Pond in Litchfield, Maine
Eagle upstairs
While walking along the Pleasant pond in Maine last month, I spotted a couple of guys fishing in a small boat near me. I greeted them and asked if they had seen any ospreys or eagles recently. They said, “No.”
About twenty minutes later as I continued on my walk, I spotted an eagle cruising along the center of the pond. It then turned toward me and the fishermen, cruised directly over them (and they were oblivious of its presence) and settled in a tree directly above me.
Wood duck on a cruise
I caught this wood duck on the beaver pond in the back woods earlier this year. I get excited whenever I manage to get close to one – they are not common or likely to stay near when you do get close.
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