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Nature: The first signs of fall

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With fall settling in, Franklin County’s many talented photographers are here to bring readers the best shots of nature and those who live in it. The basis for the Sunday collections goes back to March 2011, when author and photographer Jane Naliboff of Chesterville began sending a few pictures each week. Other photographers have since joined the effort, creating one of the Bulldog’s most widely appreciated features. If you are interested in contributing, please send photos with a caption and your name to thedailybulldog@gmail.com.

Mountain Ash in all its glory. (Jane Knox)
Blackburnian Warbler in fall plumage. (Tom Oliver)
A Catbird snacks along the Vienna Millpond. (Jane Naliboff)
First red leaves. (Jane Knox)
Storm clouds gather over Rangeley. (Jane Knox)
As dinner swims by at last, Heron takes aim. (Jane Naliboff)
Walls make wonderful borders. (Jane Knox)
Wood Duck taking flight. (Tom Oliver)
Herring Gull grooming in the sun on Parker Pond. (Jane Naliboff)
Rolling Hills/Presque Isle. (Jennifer Ellsworth)
Daddy long legs up close and personal with an egg sac. (Jane Naliboff)
Sunrise on Parker Pond. (Jane Naliboff)
Male wood duck in eclipse, late summer, plumage in Vienna Mill Pond. (Jane Naliboff)
Heron remaining perfectly still while the fish makes its way to his stomach. You’ve got to wonder what it feels like. (Jane Naliboff)
Fresh fish dinner for Heron tonight. (Jane Naliboff)
Immature Sharp Shinned hawk on Parker Pond. (Jane Naliboff)
Bright Sunrise/Caribou. (Jennifer Ellsworth)
Here she is coming up for air and some much needed feather straightening. (Jane Naliboff)
A grey tree frog camouflaged on a tomatillo. (Deb Morse/Chesterville)
Monarch butterfly chrysalis. (Tom Oliver)
Caught this morning’s sunrise in Caribou. (Jennifer Ellsworth)
A least sandpiper watches as I take its photo on Parker Pond. (Jane Naliboff)
Saddleback still waiting in the background. (Jane Knox)
Night Sky/Presque Isle. (Jennifer Ellsworth)
I’ve taken hundreds of photos of loons practicing what I thought to be just about every loon behavior imaginable, but this one was new to me. This is a female on Mt. Blue Pond giving herself a very aggressive bath. Who knew loons could roll on their backs and stick both feet in the air? How cute is that? (Jane Naliboff)
Mt. Blue Pond, Avon. It’s worth the trip. (Jane Naliboff)
Heron showing patience as it waits for dinner to swim by in the Vienna Mill Pond. (Jane Naliboff)
Juvenile Downy Woodpecker (Darlene Power)
Young bucks enjoying the new grass in Wilton. (Dennis York)
Bay-breasted Warbler in fall plumage. (Tom Oliver/Wilton)
Monarch butterfly caterpillar. (Tom Oliver/Wilton)
A young fox in Wilton. (Dennis York)
Black eyed Susans at the head of Wilson Lake. (Dennis York)
(Wendy Pond)
Chestnut-sided Warbler in fall plumage. (Tom Oliver/Wilton)
(Wendy Pond)
(Wendy Pond)
Mallards taking flight. (Tom Oliver/Wilton)
A skunk having lunch in Weld. (Dennis York)
(Wendy Pond)
Parker Pond marsh, the most interesting spot on the pond early in the morning. (Jane Naliboff)
Immature yellow warbler enjoying island life on Parker Pond. (Jane Naliboff)
Sunrise on Parker Pond Saturday morning. (Jane Naliboff)
Sunrise sea smoke on Parker Pond. (Jane Naliboff)
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13 Comments

  6. Beautiful pictures. I’m sure many of us are able to see pictures of many that we have here every week of areas, animals, & birds that the majority of time we will never see. Thank you everyone, you do a wonderful job!

  7. Nice photos. Mountain Ash? So That’s what that is! I’ve seen it in several places in the area but never knew what it was. Thanks.

  9. The Mountain Ash is one of my favorite trees because its red berries are so beautiful against the white snow in winter. A well known passage in “Dr. Zhivago” features it because the red berries through the window of the remote estate in Russian country side provided beauty against the barren landscape for the hero sent into desolate isolation.

  10. Once again I am amazed at the talent and dedication that are shared with us every week. It’s like having an art museum brought to us. Jane Naliboff you never cease to impress me – the loon dinner makes a great series and the duck bath is so amusing and impressive! Thank you all!

  11. look forward to seeing these photos every week.
    Live in Delaware now however, was born and grew up in Maine.

  12. Thank you so much, George, and all who take the time to leave comments. The loon bath and heron dinner sequences have accidentally been posted out of order, but it sounds like you got them anyway. Thanks, again. JaneN

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