The last several days I have been shooting at the Mill Pond on Mt Desert Island in Maine. The alewives (herring family) have deposited their eggs and are heading back to the ocean. This annual occurrence causes a feeding frenzy for the local eagles and ospreys. It was like a parade, one after the other diving in the stream heading out to open water. This run of the alewives will end in a few days and things will again be quiet on Mill Pond.
A Double Grab
Crow harasses an Eagle
As I said in the previous post, the fish were running at this pond in Somerville, Maine. The ospreys were picking off the alewives all day long.
The fish are running strong at this pond in Somesville on Mt Desert Island in Maine. That brings the local eagles and many ospreys. Here are some shots of the eagles, the osprey photos will follow.
Eagle and Crow sidekick.
Well … I was about two hours late (again, lol). Somewhere behind those clouds there’s an Aurora. It was pretty spectacular, several friends took awesome shots earlier in the night before the clouds rolled in. There’s always next time.
Last September
So lucky to find my friend on the first day in Acadia. The Barred Owl really blends in with the surroundings and can be tough to see. Pretty sure this is dad. He wasn’t far from the nesting site. Now I need to find mom and the little ones. They were spotted the other day in the same area.
Once a year the Margaret Todd, a four mast schooner, comes up on the shore for a paint job. They have about 8 hours between tides to finish the job. There is about a thirteen foot tide differential here at Hulls Cove in Bar Harbor.
A last visit to Island Beach State Park before we get ready to leave for Acadia National Park in Maine. The ospreys were very active and the “bunker” fish were running. The ospreys were returning with fish all day long. One even seemed to show off his catch by passing directly in front of me several times before heading to the nest.
Showing Off
She was not happy with the scraps he brought her.
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Greater Yellowlegs
Snowy Egret
A few blocks from my home, a pair of Bald Eagles have nested in a Brick cell tower for the last several years. Sometimes they make some pretty low passes across Hooper Avenue as you drive by. Here the female and the male just perch on the tower. I waited two hours for them to fly with no luck this night.
Seaside Park earlier in the day.
I love photographing Ospreys. Island Beach State Park is one of my favorite locations to find them. The park is only a few miles from my home and this time of year I visit it a couple of times a week. Several pairs were still busy building their nests. I’ve noticed all of the “begging” foxes are gone, haven’t seen any in months. I sure hope there are remaining foxes in the brush, hard to find as it should be.
Little Blue Heron
I took a trip up to New Hampshire with friends Harry Collins and Rina Miele. They are good friends and awesome photographers. We were looking for a Great Gray Owl that had been hunting in the fields for the past few weeks. Harry and Rina had taken some incredible photographs of two separate Great Gray Owls the previous week, one in New York and the other here in New Hampshire. Well, my streak of being a day late for shooting owls continued. Two long days looking and we came up empty. But, we did happen to come across a bobcat, which was pretty cool. No Great Gray Owl photos here, but if you click on Harry and Rina’s names up top, you can actually see some pretty sweet images of the Great Gray Owl.
Harry … one last look.
The creek the bobcat was on.
I did see this screech back in February.
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