Lucky for me I'm a bit larger than a duck! This same pair of eagles successfully raised two eaglets alongside the Assabet this past spring, and one was spotted earlier in the day hanging around the very nest they used...
Interestingly another mated pair of eagles were seen along the Sudbury River the week before. That pair was also in the vicinity of their nest. Perhaps this is the time of year they lay claim to the nest site they'll use.
River levels have dropped quite a bit of late and this relic of days past was grabbed off the bottom...
Went upriver to Gleasondale where work continues on the Route 62 bridge repairs...
On Thursday, the second day of meteorological winter, I returned to the Nashua River in Harvard, MA and paddled upriver passing under the railroad bridge on this still active remnant of the old Worcester, Nashua, and Portland route...
The recent spell of colder than normal temperatures gave way to more seasonal temps with predicted rain and building winds holding off until paddle's end.
Found it odd to hear gunshots from the Devens shooting range while, at the same time, bells at a nearby monastery were calling monks to prayer.
A small and apparently little used stone chapel sits atop a riverside knoll...
...on such things as the latest Covid variants and how far they might set us back. I also found myself wondering about what a newly designed Massachusetts State Seal will end up looking like. I think that for pure simplicity nothing beats the City of Watertown seal which shows a Native American and a newly arrived European standing on equal ground while exchanging at an honest arm's length a biscuit for a bass as witnessed by Roger Clap in 1630. Another version of this encounter appears on the Watertown Founders Monument alongside the Charles River. It was sculpted in bas-relief by Henry Hudson Kitson.
Trash for the week:
Tuesday's...
Thursday's, which included 150 "nip" bottles...
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