With the weather forecast calling for windy conditions to develop ahead of a cold front, I decided to get out on the water early this morning. After launching from Russell's Bridge at the Maynard/Stow line I headed up a calm and foggy Assabet River (photo at left). Near the south end of Crow Island I yielded to a procession of mute swans...
Beyond Sudbury Road the fog began to clear and revealed some recently added homemade buoys marking the submerged pilings of the old railroad trestle...
Wildlife was plentiful today as is often the case on cloudy days. The skies near Crow Island were patrolled by an osprey and a red-tailed hawk. Kingfishers, herons, mute swans, and wood ducks were also seen. Above Sudbury Road was a northern harrier.
At Fort Meadow Brook I couldn't resist a trip through the box culvert and up the brook to the old Mass Central RR trestle. Not much color to the foliage in that area.
On the trip back to Russell's Bridge the foliage looked a little better...
When I landed on a wooded shore to sort my haul I noticed some droppings that had me wondering...horse? moose? or perhaps deer? pellets are about 1.5 inches in diameter...
My trash haul...
...consisted of 33 recyclable containers (10 redeemable) and 30 pieces of miscellaneous rubbish such as bait tubs, bobbers, plastic, Styrofoam, and pieces of vinyl. YTD = 5017
The bluest skies of the trip were seen heading down the last stretch of river en route to Russell's Bridge...
1 comment:
The droppings aren't deer, way too big. You should enter OARS' photo contest with some of your shots you would be a favorite to win.
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