June 16: Havahart

Chipmunk in a trap

cursing us on its release

half mile away.

 

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July 11: Morning walk up the mountain

walking side-by-side
scent of pine needles in sun
small blue butterfly

May 1: From the mountaintop

Bay so calm this morning

we could walk on water

from here to Blue Hill.

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April 24: Sunday Morning

On our usual walk

escorted by thrushes

up the mountainside.

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April 21: Seasonal progression

Chasing down a warbler,

distracted by a hawk...

Spring is a motion.

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April 3: Spring snow

Just as we began this morning's hike up Mount Battie, the snow started to fall and the wind started to howl. We three women and the dog accumulated snow as we walked quickly to keep warm against the wind. Fortunately the inclement weather didn't quiet the season's first sapsuckers and Winter Wren.

Snow falling faster.
Long trilled song of the wren
from somewhere in the woods.

December 26: Boxing Day hike

We took advantage of the continued unseasonably warm weather to hike up Mount Battie today, grateful that it's just a short walk from our house to the trails of Camden Hills State Park.

Hiking Mount Battie
under Raven's beady eye--
we can see our house from here.

July 5: Hike

At our feet on the trail:

one butterfly wing,

evidence of past drama.

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May 10: Bird hike

Hiked in Camden Hills State Park this morning, up Cameron Mountain. The woods are finally filling up with bird song. I was serenaded mainly by Black-throated Green Warblers (I counted 20) and Ovenbirds (28) but also heard some other spring favorites: Wood Thrush, Winter Wren, Brown Creeper, and Blue-headed Vireo (36 total species). The leaves are budding and the birds are returning--an invigorating season!

 

Head up, birding by ear

I almost miss seeing

flowering Wild Oats.

 

 

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August 25: Summer evening

Mist softens the mountains.
Waiting at home
a perfect avocado.

August 10: Up Mount Battie

We played tourist today. Sailed on the Schooner Surprise this morning out of Camden Harbor with (almost) my whole family, to celebrate my mother's birthday. Then we all enjoyed an al fresco lunch together on the river: lobster rolls and whoopie pies. Later, my husband and I hiked out our front door and up Mount Battie in nearby Camden Hills State Park, making the most of this long, sunny summer Sunday and a rare day off together.

Familiar trails,
same vireo singing--
you still laugh at my stories.