Enjoyed some high-water-level paddling on the Sudbury and Assabet Rivers this past week.
The Sudbury River in Wayland, Lincoln, and Concord on Wednesday provided some fine springtime paddling conditions.
Fairhaven Bay...
The outlet from Farrar Pond...
The Sudbury River eagle nest is back in business with one adult eagle sitting on an egg (s)...
...while its mate was seen nearby...
Fresh warning signs posted along the river (this one at Sherman's Bridge)...
...left me admiring the eagle's determination to reproduce despite fish from the river being a large part of their diet. There have been several years where the eaglets didn't survive. However, last year this nest produced two eaglets that appeared to fledge and hopefully survived.
The Assabet River in Concord, MA on Easter morning didn't disappoint. It was full to the brim and then some...
The inscription at Egg Rock was readable by only the fish, yet again...
Thoreau is said to have referred to this location as Mantatuktet Rock according to
A Guide to Places in Concord and Lincoln Named in the Journal of Henry David Thoreau compiled by Ray Angelo. Mantatuket was said to have been the name of a Native American man living there in the late 1600s.
The high water levels allowed closer-than-usual access to the outlet of Dakins Brook (from Macone's Pond)...
The booms at the tip of my boat's bow are leftover from a 2023 automobile accident in which a car plunged into the stream.
Trash from the Sudbury included a baker's dozen "nip" bottles...
Trash from the Assabet included nine "nip" bottles...
This shamrock would have been a perfect find on St. Patrick's Day...
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