Shoved off from shore on New Year's Day in Stow, MA and paddled the Assabet River under gathering clouds. There was not a crystal of ice nor flake of snow to be seen. Just the way I like it. My hope is that a delayed winter will be a short winter.
A few hours later the clouds had dispersed and the afternoon proved a beauty...
The first person I encountered out on the river in 2024 was a duck hunter returning downriver in his kayak. He reported having witnessed a spectacular sunrise several hours earlier.
Two days later on Wednesday I launched into the Nashua River at Petapawag...
One small island hosted this large nest...
An adult eagle was seen flying past the same island...
A fellow paddler I ran into at the boat launch mentioned having heard a deceased adult eagle was recently found in this area of the Nashua River. I believe he said that birdshot was the cause. If true, I can't imagine how one would feel upon discovering they'd mistakenly shot our national bird.
Now three days into the new year, and after a few cold mornings, ice was beginning to take hold again in this large cut-off oxbow...
The first trash of the new year included one balloon and 7 miniatures...
Trash from Wednesday included 57 miniatures...
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