Assabet River Eaglet

 

Seeing a recently hatched eaglet was a great way to end the week yesterday on the Assabet River.  I'd seen a pair of eagles hanging around the nest last year and apparently they decided to make a go of it...with success.

One eagle parent stood watch...

...occasionally checking on things...

Only one eaglet was seen by me when it raised its head above the nest.

The day before I joined my friend Bill in scouting a section of the Sudbury River as he was prospecting for a future RICKA paddling club trip.  We launched from Kellogg Street in Framingham and paddled a stretch of the Sudbury above and below the Mass Pike.  The trip downriver required one short portage of the Fenwick Street Dam...

... and allowed us to proceed where the river widens below the turnpike...

...eventually arriving at the mill and dam at Saxonville...

Once back at Kellogg Street we headed upriver a bit beyond Route 9 passing along the way "Riverhaven"...

...where this fisherman shows his catch...

Trash gathered up along the way...

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