Category Archives: Campground
Nesting Eagles 2015
Somewhere around March 24th, the eagle pair settled in on their eggs. Look at that smile! Each egg was laid three days apart and thirty-five days from then, chicks will be born. Both adults take turns sitting on the … Continue reading
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Chickadee’s Thanksgiving Dinner
The campground is silent, blanketed in our first snowfall. Today I walked my trail, the first human footprints made. I say human, because I could see where the fox had trekked ahead of me. It was a beautiful walk, although … Continue reading
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Soaring Eagles
Cindy Lord met me on the porch of my campground office at 5am last Friday morning. After I made a pot of coffee and filled my stainless steel cup with the hot, dark liquid I craved at that time … Continue reading
Posted in Campground, Cooper and Packrat, Wildlife Sightings
Tagged birding, eagles, Wildlife
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Maine’s Loon Count
Thanks to the reminder from a friend on Middle Range Pond, I finally remembered to join in on Maine’s Loon Count. I’d always wanted to . . . planned to . . . then the date would come and go … Continue reading
Our Eagle Pair
This is the eagle’s nest from last fall. The eagles have been busy. And not six months busy. This is how much the nest grew in the last TWO WEEKS! As I headed to the lake today, I hoped to … Continue reading
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Cooper and Packrat Are Launched!
Wow. I was humbled and amazed by the number of people who showed up for Cooper and Packrat’s launch. As I told the crowd, I really thought we’d have 20 or 30, not counting David’s parents and my parents. It … Continue reading
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Distractions of the Feathered Kind
Waiting for Cooper and Packrat’s launch is hard. Very hard. Luckily, I have a whole campground full of people, paperwork, activities, problems and happy gatherings to distract me. But the only thing that can really, really distract me, is … Continue reading
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No Loon Chicks This Year
I’m very late in posting this loon report on the blog, but there will be no loon chicks this year. Sigh. Just before the 4th of July, while I was on the lake, I watched both loons swimming and diving … Continue reading
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The Loons Arrive!
I was working on another Cooper and Packrat story when I came to a stand still . . . stuck . . . wordless . . . so I set out for the hiking trail and the lake to find … Continue reading
Trail Camera, Eagles and a Happy Dog
Over the last few weeks, the trail camera captured several 5am fox pictures, while in two different locations. And I was really pleased by that. (the fox really gets around!) But I was hoping to “catch’ something different now. … Continue reading
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Tagged hiking, trail camera, Wildlife
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