Monday morning's paddle upriver on the Sudbury River brought me to Heard Pond's most prominent point. Thanks to recent rains the passage between the river and the pond was wide open and required no bushwhacking on my part.
The pond was peaceful and, aside from this cormorant...
...I had the place to myself. It was an ideal spot for pondering the question as to whether or not we'll attain "herd immunity" here in Massachusetts. I think there's a good chance we'll get there.
A woodchuck was later encountered enjoying some of the morning's unpredicted sunshine...
...before retreating into the safety of his riverside digs...
Earlier, while heading upriver, I visited a slough near the Greenways where several beaver dams...
...helped to satisfy this tree swallow's housing needs...
Further upriver a blue heron utilized a beaver lodge for its vantage point...
On my way back downriver I noticed what I at first thought were fishermen at the Pelham Island Road bridge. Hearing a good sized splash I figured one of them might have a carp on his line. However as I got closer I noticed they had no fishing poles or reels. Each guy was throwing out an object on the end of a rope and then retrieving it...leading me to believe they were magnet fishing which seems to be a new variation of traditional metal detecting.
My non-metallic fishing gathered up this bunch...
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