Thursday, February 25, 2021

Chillin' on the Assabet

 

Lucky was this paddler yesterday in being able to ascend Fort Meadow Brook a bit from the Assabet River.  Plentiful sunshine had temperatures approaching 50 degrees F.  Upon reaching the old railroad trestle that spans the brook it became necessary to work out a mutual non-aggression pact with this pair of mute swans...


Back on the Assabet River remaining ice sheets became places for various critters to chill away the day:

A swan and Canada geese...

...some mergansers...

...and this brave musquash...


Hopefully, they were all wary of this guy's presence...


I'll be keeping an eye on this nest to see if a pair of eagles might put it to use...


Near Crow Island's downstream end the ice became thicker and persuaded me to head back upriver...


Only a tiny uptick in trash...



2 comments:

a m dohan said...

Hi - just wondering if you are the one we saw by Old Calf Pasture today as we were kayaking. Great day to be out! Alex Dohan amdohan@gmail.com

Al said...

Hello Alex, Yes, and it was good see you guys out there as well. I'd just encountered a mink when you were paddling by. Good way to send off February. Best, Al