Bottom Mile of both the Sudbury & Assabet Rivers

This afternoon I trash patrolled the bottom mile of the Sudbury River to Egg Rock and then ascended the last mile of the Assabet River to a point just upstream of Spencer Brook.  Water levels have dropped substantially from where they were during the floods of March.
Between Egg Rock and the Leaning Hemlocks, I came upon a beaver lodge built behind a large fallen tree that appears fortress-like....

A little further upriver, I saw this fallen faux coyote who may well have frightened his last Canada goose...

At Willow Island this strange site was seen...

A deer hunter's tree stand perhaps? 
Actually it is testament to just how high the water levels were.  There were also several plastic bags tightly embracing trees on the island.
Conditions were a little moody with clouds and occasional drizzle.  Just right for listening to songs by the late Fred Neil.  Particularly enjoyed was his "Other Side of This Life".
Wildlife seen were mallards, wood ducks, Canada geese, great blue herons, red-winged blackbirds, and quite a few grey squirrels.  
Back at my takeout location today's 83 refugees were denied their moment in the sun and instead posed under dismal skies...

The breakdown was 35 recyclables (7 redeemable) and 48 pieces of miscellaneous rubbish such as plastic bags, styrofoam, nip bottles, and a stately lawn chair.  My YTD total stands at 1894.