Today, I was fortunate enough to greet the month of June in proper fashion on the Concord River, during a mid-day trash patrol.
However, the day and month actually started off in a bit of a strange way, when on my way to work, I came upon this couple out for a little early morning window-shopping...
After work, I launched into the lower Sudbury River and paddled to Egg Rock and the junction with the Assabet and Concord Rivers. Rounding the point of land near the Calf Pasture I came upon the day's first trash, left by some shore fishermen...
It's hard to understand how someone could leave a mess like this when there are 2 trash barrels in the immediate vicinity. Monofilament fishing line retrieved from here was deposited in the nearly full receptacle located downriver at Great Meadows landing...
Also at the Calf Pasture shore today was this ghost ship...
This boat had been completely stripped and appeared to be only beached and not tied- off to anything.
Between Lowell Road and the Old North Bridge a Baltimore oriole was seen. Hopefully this one's bright coloring will reveal him amidst the greenery...
Canada geese and their goslings were also abundant today and were practicing staying in formation...
In addition to the geese and orioles were blue herons, a cardinal, a kingbird, robins, and a red-tailed hawk being mobbed by smaller birds.
Just downstream of Ball's Hill I came to the point where the river runs wide and straight towards Bedford...
A fisherman arriving at this point from downstream told me of his only catch so far, a northern pike. As I turned around and headed back upstream, it appeared he did the same and headed back downstream.
The weather today was absolutely splendiferous and the many folks taking in the Old North Bridge area looked pleased to be visiting it on such a perfect day!
Arriving at my takeout location, my count for the day was 43 pieces of trash. Of these, 36 were recyclable (27 redeemable) and the remaining 7 were misc. rubbish...
My YTD total stands at 2077.
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