May in review
May 31
Another month has gone by without many posts; this may be the trend until I finish up some of the projects I have been working on lately. I’ve been going through all of my photos and re-editing them, retagging them and reorganizing the folder structure. I am also working on writing a coffee table book and hope to have it published this winter. The month of May was a good month weather-wise and event wise for us.
During the first week of the month, on May 2nd, Robin and I went kayaking for a second time, this time after work; we put in at Sedgeunkedunk Stream as the sun was on its descent; my favorite time of the day to photograph other than in the early morning due to its golden light. The stream itself was full of life thanks to May’s warm weather; through every bend of the stream dune grass, lily pads and other aquatic life were spurting up, providing food and cover for wildlife. I thought I had spotted a beaver gnawing at some young poplars on the shoreline so I paddled over to investigate when I heard Robin call me over in which I ignored- by the time I finished with the unseen beaver Robin had paddled over and showed me some photos she took of a Lesser Yellowleg birds. We paddled back to the area where they were spotted, on a small mound of grass surrounded by water feeding on bugs; I was able to snap a few shots and thought the lighting was excellent.
Every time Robin and I go out kayaking I keep telling her we should get a set of walk-talkies or some sort of headset as we are always drifting away from each other in search of something interesting; however if I did I would be afraid of it slipping off my head and into the water. Further down the stream I spotted several Red Winged Blackbirds perched on top of an unknown aquatic plant. I find them to be a very interesting bird- I enjoy their call the most despite that when I was younger they annoyed me when trying to find turtles in a nearby pond. While paddling down an offshoot of the stream I spotted a Canadian goose acting as a sentry on what appeared to be a nest as the other one attempted to draw us away. We sat about 50 feet away watching, photographing and listening to their wonderful deep honking.
