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Nature: Looking good.

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Mama cow wasn’t letting me get any closer to her napping baby. (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
Could it have been a camera lens that resembles an assault weapon that led Mr. Osprey to wonder, friend or foe? (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
Mrs. Merganser following her mate in Parker Pond. (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
Mr. Common Merganser out for a swim in Parker Pond. (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
Great Blue Heron, looking very serious, was hunting and scratching in the Flying Pond outlet in Mt. Vernon. (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
A windy day fluffed up this tiny Chipping Sparrow. (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
Happy Mother’s Day! (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
I’ve been photographing this same osprey nest for about six years and have seen plastic, boards, foam, and even a bra, but this is the first addition they’ve constructed. Perhaps they’re expecting triplets. They’re smarter than I thought. (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
A Solitary Sandpiper walking the plank in a bog near my house was a nice surprise. (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
Sweet, napping baby. (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
Full moon, taken in Chesterville. (Terri Ziolkowski/Chesterville)
Clearwater Lake a couple weeks ago. (Terri Ziolkowski/Chesterville)
Ovenbird. (Tom Oliver/Wilton)
Molting Moose on Rt 16 in Rangeley. (Jess Davis/Eustis)
(Terri Ziolkowski/Chesterville)
The weekend started out looking good. (Jim Knox/Wilton)
A little hang time. Eastern Blue Bird. (Jim Knox/Wilton)
Belted kingfisher blowing in the wind after dining on crayfish in a local bog. (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
Heron got some grooming done while waiting for lunch to swim by. (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
Just tulips! (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
Hooded Merganser girlfriends about to take flight. (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
Mr. Osprey flew to a tree far from his nest while his mate was away to try to trick me. (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
Up close and personal with some tiny orange dots on dead, damp wood that are actually minute fungi. (Jane Naliboff/Chesterville)
Common Yellowthroat. (Tom Oliver/Wilton)
Summer is almost filled out; Indigo Bunting. (Jim Knox/Wilton)
Apple blossoms. (Jane Knox/Rangeley)
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11 Comments

  1. Beautiful, this is the second deer I’ve seen that is white. Awesome pictures .

  2. Great pictures this week. How much snow did you get in Rangeley Jane Knox saw a picture of a plow that said it was snowing. Thank you for all the pictures posted by all

  3. GREAT PICTURES, I AM THINKING THAT IS ONE DIRTY MOTHER COW!!!!!!!!!

  4. Dear Marge,

    I have spent much of the week in Southern Maine, so it is a good question about the snow in Rangeley. . There was none up there last Sunday and some buds coming out..

  5. Jim,
    Your blue-bird capture is a gem, perfect both artísticly and photographically. It’s a real, and rare, treat for everyone. Well done!

  6. Once again, beautiful reminders of the variety of birds in Maine. Love the molting moose too!

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