Christmas is near and it has been two years since my last post...

Last year I did a calendar of some of my photos to give to family for Christmas. I have been going through a bunch and will share a few here on this blog.

The following are photos taken in Bangor, Maine.  Some I just like, and some I chose as possibly one of the photos on the calendar.

Bangor-Brewer Bridge in Bangor, Maine looking towards Brewer

This bald eagle was in a tree behind the Merrill Bank on Main Street in Bangor, Maine

These two are snow storm shots taken near Stephen Kings house on
West Broadway, my favorite road to walk my dog.

Rowena in the Bangor City Forest, Maine

The Mall District, Bangor, Maine

A view of the old water company buildings from the railroad bridge in Bangor, Maine

The Bangor City Forest, another place I love to walk my dog.

Mayflowers in the forest.  Bangor, Maine

Bangor Municipal Golf Course, open for sledding and walks in the winter.

The Bangor City Forest, a meadow of Bobolinks and wild flowers
now grow where a landfill once sat. And my girl running up the hill.

Clear blue skies and rain clouds over 3 blossoming apple trees on Kittridge Rd. Bangor, Maine

The old Market square in Downtown Bangor, Maine in springtime.

A bridge across the Kenduskeag Stream on Central St. in Downtown  Bangor, Maine 

A Turkey Hen makes her way up East Trail in the Bangor City Forest.

One of the saddest moments in Bangor for me was when they ripped out the lupine field  at the
end of old Kittridge Rd. and put in a tire place.  This was one of those lupine I loved so  much.

A Great Year for Water Arum

Last year was so hot and dry, the City Forest was the driest I have ever seen it!  There was no water for the Water Arum to grow!  This year we have so far had a good amount of rain, so the pools are filled.  The tangled roots of the Water Arum is easily seen under water at most of these pools, streams, and other areas of the bog where there is water.  It is nice to see them return!

Eagle Sightings

I have not posted in a long time now.  Rest assure, it was not because of lack of photographs.  It was not because I have stopped travelling the woods and fields and beaches either.  I have no good excuse!  I am working on organizing all my nature photos by theme/subject.  For example I will create a folder "Birds" and below open individual folders such as "Crow", "Sparrow" etc.  Since I have a large huge number of photographs in my library this will be a very large task.

Anyway, instead of talking about these photos, let me now share some with you all!

Reccently I was able to photograph the Eagle that lives down on the river by Hollywood Slots.  There is a pair.  This series shows the male on some ice in the river.  There are mergansers swimming near by.

Here he is flying to a different spot in the river.  Thankfully he perched himself in a spot closer to me.

And he takes off...

"Nothing good to eat here."

This past summer was the first time I saw any of these Eagles in the area.  This photo is the photo I used to identify the bird who was too far out for me to see without my camera.

You can see a sliver of Eagle here as it takes off from a tree.

This may be a young Eagle as it had some brown smudged on his white areas.

More reccently, I saw BOTH Eagles flying together in the wind over the river and over Brewer.  They were very hard for me to track with my camera.

Last weekend I saw an Eagle land on the rocks out in Fox Pond off the Black Woods Rd. in Franklin nearest Cherryfield.

My father doesn't want to hear anymore when I saw or photographed an Eagle.  Apparenly he is upset that he has not seen any.  Saw one yesterday about 5 miles down the road from him!