On this idyllic spring day there was no place I wanted to be other than out on this stretch of the Assabet River paddling through what the Native Americans called Pompocitticut.
Almost immediately after launching and heading downriver, this Red-Winged Blackbird proudly displayed his impressive epaulettes and senior rank ...
He had his second in command paddle over to brief me on today's mission...
Other wildlife seen today were eastern kingbirds, 2 blue herons, a red-tailed hawk, a wood duck family, 2 Canada geese families, a musquash, and a huge snapping turtle dining on a green leaf.
Yellow Flag flowers are blooming ...
The shooting range in Hudson was unusually quiet today leaving me to enjoy listening to Mark Knopfler's new release "Get Lucky". For the guys at the shooting range he sang
..."You can still get gas in Heaven, and a drink in Kingdom Come, In the meantime, I'm cleaning my gun."
And in the title song
..."Now I'm rambling through this meadow, happy as a man can be, Think I'll just lay me down, under this old tree, On and on we go, through this old world a' shuffling, If you've got a truffle dog you can go truffling, And you might get lucky now and then - you win some, You might get lucky now and then - yeah, you win some" Today, I won some!
Returning to Cox Street, everyone disembarked and smiled for the camera...
Today's haul totaled 88 pieces of trash that brokedown as follows: 32 recyclables (4 redeemables) and 56 pieces of rubbish consisting of nip bottles, the mate to last weeks elaborate wine jug, styrofoam cups, plastic bags, soccer balls, a windshield snow scraper, a milk crate, and possibly Manny's old sneaker. YTD total stands at 2386.
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