An excellent series of catches there.
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Spicebush swallowtail.
Sachem.
Female brown-headed cowbird.
Rob
I took a long weekend to Maine last weekend. A few photos that I like.
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Common Eiders were pretty common
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Cedar Waxwing
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A tern of some kind. Not a good enough picture to say what kind. It was diving into the water for food.
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Three Northern Gannets flying about
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Norther Gannet, Adult
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Norther Gannet, possibly immature
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I think greater yellowlegs. Possibly a Willet. Bad lighting makes it hard to know. I went with the pointer beak for prelim. ID
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Cedar Waxwing in a blueberry patch. Probably same one different day as it was the same spot
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Song Sparrrow singing in bad lighting
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A flock of cormorants. They do this along this stretch of coast as either pairs or larger groups.
Page 1 of 2
1
Common Eiders were pretty common
2
Cedar Waxwing
3
A tern of some kind. Not a good enough picture to say what kind. It was diving into the water for food.
4
Three Northern Gannets flying about
5
Norther Gannet, Adult
6
Norther Gannet, possibly immature
7
I think greater yellowlegs. Possibly a Willet. Bad lighting makes it hard to know. I went with the pointer beak for prelim. ID
8
Cedar Waxwing in a blueberry patch. Probably same one different day as it was the same spot
8
Song Sparrrow singing in bad lighting
10
A flock of cormorants. They do this along this stretch of coast as either pairs or larger groups.
A green moth
I expect a school of mackerel under the surface
Common Merganser with chick on a rock
Former wildlife. Periwinkle shells in a pile
Song sparrow with a mouth full.
Two eastern kingbirds.
Dogbane tiger moth.
House wren.
Four clouded sulphurs.
Sycamore tussock moth caterpillar.
Young mockingbird.
Rob
Is this a bug or a bird? (There were many of these visiting flowers. This was around 11,000', I have never seen anything like it elsewhere.)
Are these birds actually eating snow? They are thermal-riders, they were 600' above the tree line, there's virtually nothing growing up there, I can't imagine there was any food to be had up there.
The top photo looks like a kind of moth but no idea what kind.
I've never seen a moth with that much body on it before.
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The chill squirrel on my porch railing.
Hawkmoths (which contain the critter you got a shot of) tend towards robust bodies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae
Rob
Orange sulphur.
American goldfinch.
Cicada killer wasp.
Least skipper.
Rob
We got home from the coast of Maine yesterday. This will take 4 posts. I might not get to them all at once.
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Three photos above of I think to be a spotted sandpiper. At mud creek, a tidal stream that is mud at low tide. Not sure what he's squawking at in the second photo. There were no other critters around. Or maybe it's yawning?
An Osprey flying about also at mud creek.
Song sparrow. Not sure where at this time. Probably down at the shore at our place.
Below at Seawall, a part of Acadia National Park there is a nice walk along a gravel beach that's also a small bay. I've frequently seen white tail deer around here. This one I guess is used to people being around. It let me get within around 10 feet of it before I intentionally spooked it. Not good for deer to not be afraid of people. It presents dangers for both people and deer.
Below also at Seawall, the first photo is a herring gull and a laughing gull (Black head). It shows how much larger the herring gull is. And the herrring gull is farter away than the laughing gull.
Two laughing gulls washing up.
Posts 2,3,and 4 to follow.
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Three photos above of I think to be a spotted sandpiper. At mud creek, a tidal stream that is mud at low tide. Not sure what he's squawking at in the second photo. There were no other critters around. Or maybe it's yawning?
An Osprey flying about also at mud creek.
Song sparrow. Not sure where at this time. Probably down at the shore at our place.
Below at Seawall, a part of Acadia National Park there is a nice walk along a gravel beach that's also a small bay. I've frequently seen white tail deer around here. This one I guess is used to people being around. It let me get within around 10 feet of it before I intentionally spooked it. Not good for deer to not be afraid of people. It presents dangers for both people and deer.
Below also at Seawall, the first photo is a herring gull and a laughing gull (Black head). It shows how much larger the herring gull is. And the herrring gull is farter away than the laughing gull.
Two laughing gulls washing up.
Posts 2,3,and 4 to follow.
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At the Schoodic Section of Acadia National Park a herring gull is wondering if I have anything for him. Feeding the wildlife is against the rules but gulls still manage to steal things from people who have brought their lunch.
A convoy of Canadian Geese off shore at Fraiser Point, part of Schoodic and the bay for the town of Winter Harbor.
At Mud Creek again. A Great Blue Heron looking for food at low tide.
Mud Creek still. Bad lighting. I think that this may be a lesser yellowlegs.
I only snatched a brief sighting of these chicks at Mud Creek. I think a family of mallard duck chicks. They went down behind the mud and did not come out again while I was there. There were other adult mallards around.
This is a curiosity. We went for a hike up Acadia Mountain on the Mount Desert Island section of the National park. Along a section of the trail each small opening had one of these flies just hovering in the middle. I'd guess that along about a 100 meter stretch of the trail every 10 meters or so there would be one of these flies just hovering. They were all facing the same direction. Butt end to me. I'm guessing that as the breeze blew towards them they were waiting for smaller insects to come along and to lunch on. Easily horse fly size.
A chipmunk along the trail up Acadia Mountain.
Back at the Schoodic section of Acadia National Park looking northeast toward the Petit Manan lighthouse that is about 9 miles away, as I snapped this shot of the lighthouse a juvenile Bald Eagle came by.
The juvenile Bald Eagle continued to fly south and as it approached Schoodic Island, off limits to people as a bird sanctuary, gull came up to harass it.
Still at Schoodic, a Cormorant flaps water out off its wings.
At the Schoodic Section of Acadia National Park a herring gull is wondering if I have anything for him. Feeding the wildlife is against the rules but gulls still manage to steal things from people who have brought their lunch.
A convoy of Canadian Geese off shore at Fraiser Point, part of Schoodic and the bay for the town of Winter Harbor.
At Mud Creek again. A Great Blue Heron looking for food at low tide.
Mud Creek still. Bad lighting. I think that this may be a lesser yellowlegs.
I only snatched a brief sighting of these chicks at Mud Creek. I think a family of mallard duck chicks. They went down behind the mud and did not come out again while I was there. There were other adult mallards around.
This is a curiosity. We went for a hike up Acadia Mountain on the Mount Desert Island section of the National park. Along a section of the trail each small opening had one of these flies just hovering in the middle. I'd guess that along about a 100 meter stretch of the trail every 10 meters or so there would be one of these flies just hovering. They were all facing the same direction. Butt end to me. I'm guessing that as the breeze blew towards them they were waiting for smaller insects to come along and to lunch on. Easily horse fly size.
A chipmunk along the trail up Acadia Mountain.
Back at the Schoodic section of Acadia National Park looking northeast toward the Petit Manan lighthouse that is about 9 miles away, as I snapped this shot of the lighthouse a juvenile Bald Eagle came by.
The juvenile Bald Eagle continued to fly south and as it approached Schoodic Island, off limits to people as a bird sanctuary, gull came up to harass it.
Still at Schoodic, a Cormorant flaps water out off its wings.
A running goose? 
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Schoodic still. A flight of Cormorants. They do this a lot as they fly as a group along the coast.
At the northern most section of Eagle Lake in Acadia, butterflies very much like these flowers. Unfortunately it was also very windy so it was hard to get a shot with the flowers not moving.
At Bubble Pond, not far from Eagle Lake, a snapping turtle sunning itself on a rock.
Closeup.
Back at Eagle Lake again, a mom and chick common merganser. Pretty much the same spot and probably the same individuals that I photographed here a month ago.
Taken from the front deck of our house, a family of turkeys came down the road and went into the field.
At the town harbor looking down from the pier, a Lion's Mane Jellyfish floated by along with the tide. Lion's Mane Jellyfish are the largest species of jellyfish. The largest known had a bell of over 7 feet diameter and testicles 120 feet long. The testicles sting and though unlikely could kill a person. This is a lot smaller of course. I frequently see dead ones on the shore with bells over 2 feet.
An invasive green crab. They are trying to find a way to eradicate these guys from Maine as they are destroying the selfish population.
Back at Mud Creek, an Osprey on the nest on top of a power pole
As I was photographing a second came in and landed.
Schoodic still. A flight of Cormorants. They do this a lot as they fly as a group along the coast.
At the northern most section of Eagle Lake in Acadia, butterflies very much like these flowers. Unfortunately it was also very windy so it was hard to get a shot with the flowers not moving.
At Bubble Pond, not far from Eagle Lake, a snapping turtle sunning itself on a rock.
Closeup.
Back at Eagle Lake again, a mom and chick common merganser. Pretty much the same spot and probably the same individuals that I photographed here a month ago.
Taken from the front deck of our house, a family of turkeys came down the road and went into the field.
At the town harbor looking down from the pier, a Lion's Mane Jellyfish floated by along with the tide. Lion's Mane Jellyfish are the largest species of jellyfish. The largest known had a bell of over 7 feet diameter and testicles 120 feet long. The testicles sting and though unlikely could kill a person. This is a lot smaller of course. I frequently see dead ones on the shore with bells over 2 feet.
An invasive green crab. They are trying to find a way to eradicate these guys from Maine as they are destroying the selfish population.
Back at Mud Creek, an Osprey on the nest on top of a power pole
As I was photographing a second came in and landed.
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We discovered that there is a paper wasp nest attached to the side of our house that we don't so often go on. They were busy.
This photo taken 24 hours later. They have made a lot of progress building this thing.
Since we don't often go on this side of the house the plan is to let it stay there until it gets cold and my sister in law will get rid of it.
At low tide I was down at the shore and a herring gull came by with a green sea urchin. Herring gulls eat urchins, mussels, and other hard shelled critters by taking them up high and dropping them on the rocks. Urchins usually only take one drop to smash open. Mussels sometimes take two or more drops. This gull got it open on one drop and proceeded to eat out the urchin.
At high tide gulls have little to do. The tend to congregate on rocks stand around or groom themselves.
That's it for this trip to Maine. We will be going back again on August 17 for another week.
We discovered that there is a paper wasp nest attached to the side of our house that we don't so often go on. They were busy.
This photo taken 24 hours later. They have made a lot of progress building this thing.
Since we don't often go on this side of the house the plan is to let it stay there until it gets cold and my sister in law will get rid of it.
At low tide I was down at the shore and a herring gull came by with a green sea urchin. Herring gulls eat urchins, mussels, and other hard shelled critters by taking them up high and dropping them on the rocks. Urchins usually only take one drop to smash open. Mussels sometimes take two or more drops. This gull got it open on one drop and proceeded to eat out the urchin.
At high tide gulls have little to do. The tend to congregate on rocks stand around or groom themselves.
That's it for this trip to Maine. We will be going back again on August 17 for another week.
I don't get it.
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I don't get it.
Yes. The dreaded Running Domestic Goose cloud. Many of you humans think this to be a cloud and because your primitive planes, missiles, and other rockets fly through these and collect only water vapour you do not realize these are really what you call UFO's, earthly traces of Dark Matter, cleverly camouflaged by means of shape and colour.
I just noticed that the first photo of post 3 of 4 is a flight of common eiders. Not Cormorants.