Category Archives: Hiking/Kayaking
Nesting Eagles ~ 2017
Our eagles have been patiently sitting on their eggs since mid-March. Through wind and rain and snowstorms too! I’ve been trekking down to the lake every four days or so to check on them. As long as I see one … Continue reading
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Winter Wildlife – Otters
Oh, it’s been so very long since I posted! And I apologize, dear reader. You see, Book 4, Mystery of the Bear Cub has been the hardest of all of Cooper’s adventures to write. I absolutely love the content: Black … Continue reading
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Loon Watch: Lazy Fall Days
Once school started, I didn’t get out on the lake as often. But when I did, the fall foliage views were amazing! I never knew where the loon family would be. Sometimes they were right off our … Continue reading
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The Loon Chick Grows: My Loon Watch
In my last blog post, I’d visited the loon family on July 16th when the chick was only 5 days old. There wasn’t a morning after that, I didn’t think about kayaking out again. But the campground duties keep … Continue reading
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2017 Calendars
There are two different calendars this year. Each is filled with photos I took and edited personally in 2016 while kayaking and hiking in the Poland, Maine area. Calendars are Loon Family and Maine Wildlife, and either of them can … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear, birding, fox, frogs, Heron, hiking, kayaking, loons, owl, Wildlife
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Danger On The Lake: My Loon Watch
On the fifth day after the loon chicks hatched, I woke with the rising of the sun, grabbed my camera bag and walked to the lake. I unlocked my kayak and dragged it into the water. Climbing inside, I dipped … Continue reading
Hatching Day: My Loon Watch
On a rainy July 10th, exactly 27 days after they’d laid their two olive colored eggs, the adult loon on the nest reared back to turn them. I very clearly saw pips (tiny cracks) in the eggs, and I knew … Continue reading
Weeks Two and Three: My Loon Watch
During the second and third weeks of monitoring the loons nesting period, I got into a routine. I’d paddle out at 6am to see them, coasting the last fifty yards or so. Beaching my kayak for stability, yet staying in … Continue reading
Watch the Loons Switch Places On The Nest
To get this video, I used my 500mm lens, extended all the way. The day was calm and the kayak steady. I also had been out to visit the loons almost every morning, at 6am, over a three week period, … Continue reading
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Cedar Waxwing’s Prize
While kayaking last week, this Cedar Waxwing flew in over my head to land in a nearby tree. I quickly realized, he had his sights on a prize. He checked it out and checked it out . . . … Continue reading
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