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Winter’s cold grip continues

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March 22, 2015March 22, 2015

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a picture from 2/26 last year taken fron the kitchen window. First Northern Shrike I ever saw. (Dave Gould — This was taken from my kitchen window. It’s the first northern shrike I ever saw. (Dave Gould/Jay)

View of Mt Blue from the road to the library in New Sharon. (Elizabeth (Stu) Mehlin/New Sharon) — View of Mt. Blue from the road to the library in New Sharon. (Elizabeth (Stu) Mehlin/New Sharon)

Good to the last drop! Even squirrels need Vitamin C in the Wilton Area. (Jim Knox/Wilton) — Good to the last drop! Even squirrels (in the Wilton area) need a little Vitamin C. (Jim Knox/Wilton)

Ice filled with pock marks suggest melting with warmer currents below. Could we be so lucky but it is March. (Jane Knox/Belgrade Lakes) — Ice with pock marks suggest melting with warmer currents below. Could we be so lucky? But, it is March. (Jane Knox/Belgrade Lakes)

This dock has always been highly enough elevated to be damaged but this year the ice chances are so thick around it that they are moving it out. (Jane Knox/Belgrade Lakes — This dock has always been highly enough elevated to be undamaged but this year the ice is so thick around it that it’s moving it out. (Jane Knox/Belgrade Lakes)

Sitting with all his friends; Sharp-Shinned Hawk....Nothing clears a feeder, faster,,...Wilton Area. (Jim Knox/Wilton) — Sitting with all his friends, a sharp-shinned hawk. Nothing clears a feeder, faster; in the Wilton area. (Jim Knox/Wilton)

Still each day brings more and more sun beginning a little after 6 a.m. (Jane Knox/Belgrade Lakes) — Despite the cold, each day brings more and more sun beginning a little after 6 a.m. (Jane Knox/Belgrade Lakes)

This ice cake assures us it is not going to melt away very quickly. (Jane Knox/Belgrade Lakes)

Inlet to Snow Pond in Belgrade. (Donovan Buck/Belgrade)

Having a dark brown coat in the bright snow?? Not .always a good thing....It's Otter play time! (Jim Knox/Wilton) — Having a dark brown coat in the bright white snow? Not always a good thing. It’s otter play time! (Jim Knox/Wilton)

View of the wind turbines in Roxbury from New Sharon. (Donovan Buck/Belgrade)

Herring gulls taking flight over the Kennebec River/downtown Augusta. (© JaneNaliboff/Chesterville) — Herring gulls take flight over the Kennebec River in downtown Augusta. (© JaneNaliboff/Chesterville)

Herring gull flying over the Kennebec River/downtown Augusta. (© JaneNaliboff/Chesterville) — Herring gull flies over the Kennebec River in downtown Augusta. (© JaneNaliboff/Chesterville)

Herring gulls talking to friends on the edge of the Kennebec River /downtown Augusta. (© JaneNaliboff/Chestervill — Herring gulls talking to friends on the edge of the Kennebec River in downtown Augusta. (© JaneNaliboff/Chestervill

7 Comments

Betty says:

March 22, 2015 at 10:51 am

As always the pictures are spectacular. I look forward to them every week. Thanks so very much.
Marge says:

March 22, 2015 at 12:03 pm

Awesome picture this week. I enjoy them very much. Thank you to all who posted them
deborah collins says:

March 23, 2015 at 7:26 pm

great pix……
Doug Smith - Jay says:

March 24, 2015 at 8:23 am

Donovan Buck ,,,,Sorry but I believe the wind mills you are seeing are the ones off RT.2 in Carthage . Can be seen clearly when going west on RT.2 just out of East Dixfield .They just went up in the last year or 2 .There are only 3 of them there . Roxbery has 8 in a row …
Jutta says:

March 26, 2015 at 9:14 pm

That brown cutie doesn’t look like an otter to me … otters don’t have fluffy, furry tails. Could it be a Marten?
Beautiful pic’s though!!
Rita Steele says:

March 29, 2015 at 1:15 pm

I love the pictures! Living in California, I envy your abundance of water! But not your winters!
Always learning says:

March 29, 2015 at 8:36 pm

Just saw these postings for the first time this evening. I agree that the brown weasel-type critter looks like a Pine Marten, not an otter. Any help from skilled observers?

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