An avid photographer, John is having a great time taking photos of the birds on our property and on the water. This first one is of our resident merlin – a small falcon that you may hear calling from its favorite perch in a dead tree on the right-hand side of the property, towards the waterfront. Yes, that is a small bird in its talons!
This second is a pileated woodpecker. We were surprised to find this magnificant bird pecking away at a large dead pine tree at the front of the
property.
And finally is a family of common merganser ducks. John snapped this picture while kayaking upstream from our cottage. (I love this photo so much it’s on my wall at
work!)
If you paddle past the Wildlife Refuge dock, upstream from the cottage, you may
also catch a glimpse of the osprey family in their nest high atop a massive pine that is leaning out from the shoreline. John
hasn’t captured these amazing birds on his camera yet, but he’s had one dive for fish in front of his kayak and we’ve watched them fly around the water and marshes with fish in their clutches – an awesome site!
Now to get pictures of the beavers and their lodges … :)
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