Summertime Coats

 

Week started off on the Nashua River having launched from the Oxbow N.W.R. in Harvard, MA.

The Route 2 bridge was receiving some TLC...

Came eye-to-eye with this doe wearing her summertime coat...

On Wednesday got out on the Sudbury River from River Rd, in Wayland, MA and headed upriver,,,

Mute swans were aplenty...

Wrapped up the week with a Friday morning paddle, also on the Sudbury River, this time from Route 117 in Lincoln, MA...

Encountered some female turkeys...

...following a strutting male...

The week ended same as it started,,,with another eye-to-eye deer encounter ...

Trash for the week included this collection of plastic from the Nashua River...

....thought it was done... but wait, there's more (total of 104 "nip" bottles) ...

Wednesday's trash from the Sudbury River included 27 "nip" bottles bringing my year-to-date total to more than a thousand...

Friday's trash from the Sudbury was sparse...

...but included this odd glass jar containing 3 eggs?  with a congealed tar-like substance on the lid... ...