Occasional Lake

Three Geese

I won second prize in photography in a pretty big local art fair last week with this shot. Learned a lot about printing and framing in the process. For one thing, it's expensive.

Bald Eagle Strike

Unlike a self-respecting Osprey, a Bald Eagle will scavenge carrion. This one missed his dead fish target.

Osprey with Trout

Our annual edition.

Ring Around the Grebe

He's cuter from a little distance away. Large here.

Horned Grebe

This little guy stopped off at my lake last week on his way from the Atlantic coast to western Canada. I'd never seen one before and, based on his lack of fear of me, I'd say I may have been his first up-close sighting of a human being. His plainer and more common cousin, the Pied-billed Grebe, would never have tolerated me being so close. This Horned Grebe is in mid-molt. He'll end up looking like this for the breeding season.

Common Loon Bachelors

Wood Ducks on the Wing

My Lobsterman

Camp is closed and another summer in the books at Ambajejus Lake, Maine.

Wood Duck Posse

That fourth bird is the lone female in a flotilla of eight to ten courting Wood Ducks.

Today's the day my reconfigured new computer comes home. And then tomorrow I have to go away for a long weekend... But I should be back to full force posting soon.

Bufflehead Drake

'Nother bird.

Wood Ducks

Double-crested Cormorants

These bad boys can catch some fish. And, yes, it's still snowing here. Better large.

Common Mallards

Sticking with winter bird shots here. It's snowing out, the lake remains frozen over and we're getting 6-10" more snow tomorrow. %#^&! On the bright side, two Common Loons stopped by yesterday and a pair of Wood Ducks came by this morning. They know something the weatherman does not.

Twilight Geese

Menagerie

Three Hooded Mergansers and a Ring-necked Duck. Large here.

Canada Geese

They're baaa-aaack!

Bald Eagle

Exit Suitor, Stage Right

Prior to this scene the suitor has been actively voguing for the mated female, as seen below the fold:

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Do the Funky Chicken

Three Hooded Merganser drakes, crests fully raised, rock and roll their stuff for some off-camera females. And maybe kind of for themselves too.