Saying Goodbye to the Canada Geese

I have a lot of catching up to do!

It is finally spring, though we really didn't have much of a winter.  Not much snow at all which will cause some issues this summer unless it starts pouring.  Lately we are seeing a lot of Canada Geese coming home.  Here are some photographs from some of our more reccent trips to the beach.

Canada Geese Heading South in October of 2011:

Here are the Canada Geese Visiting Sandy Point on Their Way Back to Central Maine:

These 5 geese flew over to a pond behind us.  We then proceeded to walk to the pond and watched them for a bit.  They were all the way across the pond, but when they saw us, the began swimming swiftly towards us.  I think my dog may have kept them at bay, though she was really oblivious of any other creatures.  I had her at a down-stay as I watched and photographed the birds during their rest stop at this pond.  This pond was located in Stockton Springs, Maine.



These geese were visiting a  pond near Sandy Point State Park,
in Stockton Springs, Maine

Birds from Spring & Summer Outings 2009

Osprey in a nest

Osprey in a nest- Stockton Springs, Maine

Osprey in flight

Osprey in flight- Stockton Springs, Maine

Mom and Dad Osprey

Mom and baby Osprey

Mom and Baby- Stockton Springs

Guarding the nest

Mom and Baby

More of Mom Osprey

Osprey parents

I had a great time this summer photographing the Osprey family again.

Mockingbird- Mocking me?

Haven't you ever seen a bird before?!

Northern Mockingbird, top photo is down at the waterfront this summer... the last 2 are some of my favorites, of birds that have stalked us in town.

a Loon looks for dinner at Sandy Point, Stockton Springs, Maine

A Great Blue Heron flies over.

A Great Blue Heron- Stockton Springs

A Great Blue Heron visits Kenduskeag Stream in Bangor, and another checks out the food at Sandy Point.

A Cooper's Hawk checks out Saxl Park for dinner.

Eastern Kingbird checks out the scenery at the pond in the Bangor City Forest.

Canada Geese at the lake.

Canada Geese on a lawn in York, Maine

Ducks feeding

Ducks swimming up at Great Pond, Northern Maine

Ducks in Kenduskeag Stream

Crows in Bangor, both at home (with a nest next door) and Saxl Park.

A wild turkey (and her older chicks) in Herman

Bald Eagles at Pushaw Lake

Cormorants chillin' and Nesting at Sandy Point.

Bobolinks in Saxl Park

I know that some of this will be a little outdated, but I DID say I would post them. What better time to take a look at some of the birds I saw this past Spring and Summer, but at a time when sadly, they have (for the majority) all headed south. Their voices and sounds are dearly missed on my walks, and the fact that I will soon be moving to the Pacific Northwest makes this even more bittersweet. This season is the last season I will hear and see these particular birds. My beloved Raven family, my little woodpecker friends, all those silly Mockingbirds, the skydiving Eastern Kingbirds over the beaver pond, all the R2D2 Bobolinks in the field, the little sparrows that live in the low bushes in almost any parking lot in town that will even eat chicken McNuggets... So lets look back at the birds I was able to catch with my camera: