Our yard was covered with snow Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon this week. Wednesday morning was sunny so I made a rewarding excursion to Grant Brook in Lyme and Campbell Flats in Norwich. Wednesday’s trip was the subject of a previous blog which will open in a new tab if you CLICK HERE.
In this blog I show photos from Tuesday in my yard and during a brief trip to Enfield and from Thursday in my Etna yard. But I could not resist leading off with a red fox in our yard Sunday.
Enfield has created a very nice Mascoma Lakeside Park near the Shaker Bridge. It is wonderful a spot for sunrise. Tuesday’s was not very colorful, but the clouds were dramatic none-the-less.
There was a lone fisherman in a canoe on the mostly-still-ice-covered lake. This pair of photos were taken at 7:45 and 10:00 am.
I headed to my favorite local stream. I find photographing moving water very relaxing. On the way there, I stopped briefly at George Pond.
I only spent a short time along Bicknell Brook. I have taken many photos there in the past. You can CLICK HERE to see some and get to links to even more.
Heading back west I found a turkey displaying for a group of females near the Lockehaven Cemetery. Little did I know that these would be the first of several.
Farther west near the Enfield/Lebanon border along Route 4A, I got a photo across the lake at the snow-covered southern ridge of the Moose Mountain range.
I parked near the entrance to Gile Hill near DHMC and walked down to the wetland. Above it, I found a group of turkeys mostly hidden by the brush. But I was able to get some clean close-up shots of a male.
Here are a pair of scenic photos. Every time I see an S-curve I am moved to take a photo. And I love backlit photos.
Thursday we had a somewhat unusual yard bird very up close. Yet another Tom Turkey. The bird is both beautiful and ugly at the same time — perhaps like many of us.
It was “just” a chickadee but still a great, friendly, and bold yard bird.
The male American Goldfinches are quickly gaining their summer yellow.
Even with yesterday’s snow and rain, my wife Jann and I got in our almost-daily walk. If everyone practices social distancing rigorously, we will hopefully emerge into a beautiful summer.
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