Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Greeting the Day in Fairhaven Bay



A nice early start had me positioned to greet this day in Fairhaven Bay.  However, low clouds were hanging tough and, for the most part, muted the sun's entrance.  I had launched into the Sudbury River at the Lincoln Canoe Launch and paddled down to and around the bay, passing the small stone boathouse along the way...

Having completed the loop around the bay, I headed upriver passing under Lee's and Sherman's bridges.  The usual wildlife were encountered such as tree swallows, eastern kingbirds, red-winged blackbirds, mallards, Canada geese, belted kingfishers, a beaver, and numerous blue herons such as this one in stealth mode...

The shallow and grassy areas were busy with carp squirming about, their dorsals often protruding above the water's surface.

On the downriver trip, several yellowish birds were observed that I, at first, thought were goldfinches. However,  I now wonder if they were immature warblers or orioles...

This red-tailed hawk was very vocal while surveying his domain...

A modest amount of trash was encountered along a three mile stretch of river (and the launch area)...

There were 11 recyclable containers (6 redeemable) and 12 pieces of miscellaneous rubbish such as plastic bags, and the plastic pail.  YTD = 3392
 

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