tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56690684511433226482024-03-12T00:52:07.031-04:00Adventures with Renee - The younger yearsReneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.comBlogger478125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-52309947229204153912016-01-31T11:43:00.004-05:002016-01-31T11:43:39.521-05:00January musings and a grand day outIt's been an unusual winter in Maine with warm temperatures and a severe lack of snow. While anti-snow lovers are rejoicing I am suffering from reverse Seasonal Depression and was even known to curse the southern half of the Northeast for misunderstanding how lucky they were to get dumped with just shy of 30" of snowy goodness. That's a playground scenario for this girl. As it is right now I'm overlooking my bland back yard, part dead pine needless and ironically - part green grass with patches of snow here and there. It feels like spring with temps in the 40's, there are buds on some trees and the poor chickadees and titmouse are singing their spring songs, which wouldn't be so bad but it's the last day of January. JANUARY. I'm secretly hoping for a repeat of last February where Mother Nature provided us with our normal snowfall amounts in a span of about two weeks. I'm really just hoping for one more good dumping so I can use my cross country skiis and snowshoes somewhere other than my back yard, I hope I didn't waste the one good storm we had this year already.<br />
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Anyway - rant over. Yesterday - since it was so pretty out - I decided to get out and do some birding and sightseeing (along with the other 5 million Portland area residents - it was nice to see folks out enjoying the day but get out of my way!). I packed up my stuff and headed out. I went to all my normal local haunts just trying to soak in the sights and beef up my ebird checklists for this year. The sky was a brilliant blue for most of the morning, turning slightly overcast as the day moved on and this chilly offshore breeze appeared, making the 45 degrees seem much cooler.<br />
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Trail reports are as expected - paved areas are nearly perfect but still contain slippery, icy areas - earthen or grassy walkways are muddied and also contain icy areas. I scoped out the Westbrook River walk, Mackworth Island, Eastern Prom, Thomas Knight park, Bug Light park, Spring Point Light, the Portland Headlight, the Eastern Trail, the Atlantic Way Trail and East Sanctuary trail. I did not hike them but I did look at them to see if I had appropriate footwear and alas - I did not. Perhaps intentional? Could be - but you don't always have to be OUT in nature to ENJOY nature, right? Of course not. :) I'll save that for some warmer weather.<br />
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<i>The Portland Headlight, as seen from Andrews Ave driving to Mackworth Island</i></div>
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<i>B&M Baked Beans plant, as seen from the Eastern Promenade</i></div>
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<i>I caught this Mockingbird happily eating last fall's crabapples</i></div>
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<i>Another Mockingbird, one of three I found at Bug Light park</i></div>
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<i>Pompoms or Christmas Ornaments? You be the judge! Plane Trees at Bug Light Park</i></div>
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<i>Bug Light - keeping boaters safe as they enter Portland Harbor</i></div>
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<i>A lobsterman cruises across Casco Bay with Cousin's Island stack in the left background</i></div>
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<i>The infamous Spring Point Lighthouse</i></div>
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<i>Black Ducks searching for snacks in the calm waters of Spring Point harbor</i></div>
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<i>A Song Sparrow takes a moment to size me up at Dyer Point</i></div>
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<i>A male Long Tailed duck searching for snacks at Pine Point</i></div>
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<i>Surf Scoters off Vines Landing, Biddeford Pool</i></div>
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-2083899072984690232016-01-20T14:31:00.001-05:002016-01-20T14:35:43.743-05:00An unusual Christmas gift - Snowy sighting and a Ross's gooseIt's almost a good month later but I wanted to share the most precious Christmas gift I got for my mom, and myself, this past holiday season. See, Christmas Eve day we decided to try to find a Snowy Owl so my mom could finally tally one on eBird in York County. She also needed to test out her new Canon 70D (we are matchers again now!) and this was the perfect opportunity. We set out for Biddeford Pool on that unseasonably warm and foggy day without much hope - we had tried before in the past and failed miserably; it's always a crap shoot when you go in search of the ellusive Snowy.<br />
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We started out by driving towards Fortunes Rocks first, I figured there had to be something in Etherington Pond that we could count and well - Snowy's love to park on rooftops when the tide is high as it was that morning. Not to be disappointed there were loads of Buffleheads and my mom had a blast trying to figure out the settings on the new gear. We turned around and headed back towards the 'Pool and before we could get half way down Mile Stretch Road I spotted a beautiful specimin on top of the last house on the left at Fletcher Neck. My mom's eyes popped and we laughed out loud. It's like hunting cows in a pasture some days. Yes - I was naughty and parked on the side of the road but she was like a little kid and I wasn't going to deny her an opportunity to photograph this handsome creature with that brand new lens. We then made the loop and came back out, grinning from ear to ear. I told her I would bring her to the Portland Jetport so we could maybe see the one hanging out there too. </div>
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We went up through Camp Ellis and Old Orchard, into Scarborough and then South Portland via Route 1. On a whim I took Westbrook Street to slide into the parking area across from the Jetport and as we passed the soccer fields for the Longcreeek Correctional center, there were a bunch of Canadian Geese out on the field. I didn't pay much attention, but my mom mentioned a whitish colored goose in the mix so I turned around (thinking she might be off her rocker) and low and behold, in the middle of the flock was a Ross's Goose (which we didn't know what it was until we got home so it was VERY exciting). </div>
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Some might think that it wasn't that big of a deal at all, but to mom and I it was another tick for Snowy's in York County and a lifer bird for both of us. Best (and cheapest) present you could ever get - or give. </div>
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<i>Mr. Snowy sits on a Rooftop waiting for the tide to recede</i></div>
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<i>What are you looking at lady?</i></div>
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<i>Fishing Vessels in Biddeford Pool from the Yates Street park</i></div>
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<i>Great Blue Heron off Seaside Ave, Camp Ellis</i></div>
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<i>Common Eiders off Pine Point</i></div>
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<i>Pine Point - Town Landing</i></div>
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<i>Marshwaters behind The Landing at Pine Point</i></div>
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<i>The Ross's Goose at the Correctional Center - a lifer for my mom and I</i></div>
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I'm not sure which is more disappointing, the fact that I wrote this blog way back in April and didn't post it or the fact that I've been away from my blog for so long. Let's just say, I haven't put the right priorities in the forefront lately :) Hopefully I'm about to make that change.</div>
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Between Saco and Old Orchard Beach there is this sweet little trail tucked away that leads into nowhereland but nonetheless is a nice little hike if you're looking for swamp birds or to just clear your mind for a few minutes. On this particular semi spring day, I found lots of Palm Warblers deep in the woods who were happy to pose for some pictures (wait until you see these below!) and even had a Kestrel swing by to say hi. </div>
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The Scarborough Marsh. Typically when I head to the marsh, I tromp down the Eastern Trail mostly because it's easily accessible and dry. Today I thought - why not? I went across the street to test out the Marsh trail instead.</div>
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This trail starts by either parking at the Audubon Center and crossing the street or parking between the Center and the Eastern Trail (by the culvert) and heading in that way. I chose the latter of the two on this day. </div>
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The trail winds through the woods until you hit the marsh, then it gets a little spongy but I didn't get my sneakers wet so all was good. Overlooking the far back corner of the marsh I spotted some green winged teal and black ducks, a pair of greater yellowlegs and a bittern. In the front of the marsh I found glossy ibis, great and snowy egrets, tree swallows, mallards, lesser yellowlegs, sparrows galore, eagles and a passing harrier. </div>
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I walked as far as I could possibly go then reluctantly turned back. What a sweet place to just hang out for awhile. <a href="http://maineaudubon.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ScarboroughMarsh-trailguide.pdf" target="_blank">A trail map can be found here </a>thanks to the <a href="http://maineaudubon.org/find-us/scarborough-marsh/" target="_blank">Audubon Center's site</a>.</div>
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<i>Glossy Ibis</i></div>
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<i>Great Egret</i></div>
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<i>A disgruntled looking Herring Gull</i></div>
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<i>Green Winged Teals</i></div>
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<i>Ring Billed Gull</i></div>
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<i>Incoming Snowy Egret</i></div>
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<i>Looking out onto Merriconeag Sound from Graveyard Point Road, with Pinkham Island on the left</i></div>
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Dinghy's at Cundy's Harbor</div>
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<i>Fishing Vessels in Cundy's Harbor wait for their captains</i></div>
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<i>That Tuna Tower!</i></div>
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<i>Overlooking Potts Harbor from Potts Point Road, Harpswell</i></div>
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<i>The Potts Harbor public landing</i></div>
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-26653090229576651922015-04-12T06:00:00.000-04:002015-04-12T06:00:03.933-04:00Stover's Point - Harpswell, Maine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I'm a sucker for a nice quiet spot on the coast of my precious state, the hard part is finding one that you don't have to share with a gazillion other people at the same time. Easter Sunday, we found a new one that I know I'll return to time and time again.</div>
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I stumbled across this little gem, called Stover's Point, online looking for the perfect place to take a stroll after ingesting more calories than I know my body needs. My son and I were planning on arriving with the Cheesecake Sampler so I already knew I was screwed. I digress. </div>
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<a href="http://hhltmaine.org/conserved-land/public-access/stovers-point-preserve/" target="_blank">Stover's Point Preserve</a> is part of the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust here in Maine. After navigating south on Route 123 from Brunswick, turn left onto Stover's Cove Road. When we went, there was still a good sized snow banking at the entrance that we had to park beside and had to scramble over it (and I was happy to have four wheel drive, it was muddy!). When it's a little drier, you can drive right onto the beach to park. </div>
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The beach is a combination of sand, pebbles and smooth rocks and includes some fantastic skipping stones. The views expand along Harpswell Sound across to Orr's and Bailey's Islands and the cribstone bridge connecting the two. We were there at high tide, but I can imagine how much fun it would be to beach comb at low tide given the amount of sea glass we found along the beach side and the tidal pools would be great investigative fun as well. </div>
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A great find - I highly recommend! </div>
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<i>The official sign provides the rules of the road</i></div>
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<i>A few Herring Gulls hang out in the tidal pools that are formed in the semi circle of beach</i></div>
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<i>Overlooking Harpswell Sound</i></div>
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<i>One of the many Bluebirds that hung out all winter</i></div>
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<i>Them Goldfinches doe!</i></div>
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-39384122587414621262015-04-08T18:26:00.000-04:002015-04-08T18:26:02.995-04:00April Moon - a late postI know - this moon passed us by last weekend but I had to share. It was so red when it rose, then quickly paled in color. It's the April moon!<br />
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-18267339122767215492015-04-05T06:00:00.000-04:002015-04-05T06:00:05.490-04:00Wells Reserve/Laudholm Farm on a slushy spring day - Wells, Maine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
After driving as far as Goose Neck Beach, I figured I might as well keep trucking and test out <a href="http://www.wellsreserve.org/" target="_blank">Laudholm Farm, also knows as the Wells Reserve</a>. I had purchased a season's pass but had never stepped foot on the grounds - that's so me. Anyway, I found the place really easily and parked in the parking lot behind the information kiosk. Looking around, all I could see was snow and buttercup yellow buildings that were obviously part of a massive farmstead at one point. I grabbed by gloves and camera and starting in the direction of the beach trail.</div>
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The trails around the reserve branch out in all directions but with the snow still really deep and soft enough to break through, I figured I would save all those for another day. From behind the buildings I picked up the Barrier Beach Trail and walked the 1/2 mile to the small bridge that takes you over the sand dune and walked out onto expansive beach at low tide. To say I was impressed was an understatement! In my hurry to get to the beach I took nary a photograph, and about the time I pulled the big gun out to start snapping pics the battery died.</div>
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Really? That is so not me.</div>
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Unfazed for the most part, I pulled out my cell phone and started taking pictures with that instead. At least the Lumia has a great camera! I wandered around on the beach and then started my way back up the path to the farm where my warm truck was waiting for me. I can totally see myself going back to the reserve over and over and over again. I know the pass was a smart move.</div>
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-89074722847141918922015-04-04T06:00:00.000-04:002015-04-04T06:00:05.789-04:00Biddeford Pool Snowies and Goose Rocks find - Maine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Last weekend found me at the University of New England in Biddeford for the boy's first official <a href="http://www.nepremiership.com/" target="_blank">NEP</a> soccer game. I was pretty excited to be in the area since it's only minutes from Biddeford Pool and I was hoping to get my Snowy sighting in before the warm temps drove them north. After a rousing 9-0 win off I drove towards Mile stretch Road.</div>
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It didn't take much, directly across the intersection of 208 and Mile Stretch were a sea of bodies, about 20-30 people, all standing around with cameras, telescopes and craning necks looking upward. I sighed, the people who live in the area must just love the hub-bub. After taking a left I looked up and there it was, a beautiful puff of buff atop a pole in someone's back yard. I snapped a quick pic and drove the loop down and around Ocean Ave to take in the breathtaking views of the ocean. </div>
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On my way back through I watched the chimney tops looking to see if I could find a bird of my own and sure enough - there was this pretty white head poking up above a bright red chimney. I laughed - well this one found a good hiding spot. He was pristine white and oh so pretty. </div>
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I decided I better get out of dodge so I headed south towards Goose Rocks beach. There isn't anyplace to really stop and take in the view, but I thought it was worth a try to see if any Snowies were hanging out down there. I struck out but did happen upon a handsome red-tailed hawk trying to get his prize kill - a gray squirrel - to a safe eating ground without the crows hounding him. There were already 10-12 cah-cawing around and he didn't look happy to see them - or me. </div>
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Lastly, before heading out I noticed a little face peeking out of a birdhouse along the edge of the Rachel Carlson area so I slowed for a closer look. Imagine that a female house sparrow had already staked her claim on a nice little beach house. I guess it's never too soon to look for beach rentals.</div>
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-7436650207199454922015-03-15T06:00:00.000-04:002015-03-15T06:00:04.210-04:00The view from the Fisherman's Memorial - Gloucester, MAWe recently had one of those weekends of driving back and forth to the Boston area for soccer (both days - if we didn't have the dogs I would just stay overnight!). One of the games was at Gordon College and I can't tell you how excited I was when I located it on the map - just a few minutes down the road was Gloucester and it's been on my laundry list for quite some time now. I knew we had just enough time between games to at least see what the hub-bub was all about, so much to my son's dismay I trucked right on by the exit for Grapevine Road and instead hit Rt 133/Essex Avenue.<br />
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This winding road brought us directly to the intersection of Rt 127 and looking to our left, standing tall overlooking the harbor, was the Fisherman's Memorial. It was a bitterly cold and windy day so we easily got a parking spot right there but I was amazed at the folks jogging and walking their dogs along the path - thems tough people in these parts! The sweeping views of the harbor were amazing with rafts of sea ducks floating along with mixed pairs of eiders, long tails, scoters, loons - I know if I had stayed longer (and could have seen without the wind forcing tears in my eyes) I would have found so much more.<br />
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Ten Pound Island stood in the forefront with the Eastern Point lighthouse hiding in the background, allowing the marker on Dog Bar to show off instead. From the listing of sailors lost at sea, my son quickly pointed out the members of the Andrea Gail who were swept away during the merging of Hurricane Grace and the nor'easter of Halloween 1991 and made famous by the book and movie "The Perfect Storm". We talked about how in the movie Billy Tyne reminisces about turning the boat into Gloucester Harbor and my son turned and questioned where Bobby Shatford might have lived. He wondered where the boat would have been kept. He wanted to know if the bar was still open.<br />
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I guess in a sense, I won.<br />
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From the Memorial we looped through the tight streets of the downtown area and I vowed to return on a sunny summer day to do this again. There are many little parks and shops and I could definitely see myself spending an entire day there.<br />
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We headed back to Gordon College where the boys won their game under the lights while I, bundled up in a queen sized blanket looking like a cocoon, just about froze to death. Even though it was close to 11 pm when we got home, I have to admit, it was worth the trip.<br />
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If feels like soccer never ends for us here in a state where it's really only warm enough to be outside in shorts half of the year. We went straight from school and travel soccer to indoor and are now starting spring soccer. Suckers for punishment? Maybe, but it's all good. </div>
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Last weekend we participated in March Madness held by Global Premier Soccer. It seems early but it always seems to correspond with the time change for some reason. This year our schedule was pretty simple - be in Lancaster/Leominster around 11 am Saturday then Medham for 5 pm. The following day be in Ashland in the afternoon. We have reasons to not spend the night in a hotel, to include the fact that I have two dogs that like to sound the alarm at any noise. I'm sure we would be sleeping in the truck the first time that happened.</div>
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Driving is always interesting, me in my big truck on the Mass highways should be enough to scare anyone. Saturday went very well but Sunday was "Ride your brakes on the 495" day and I didn't get the memo. </div>
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The fields are all turf and are plowed/snowplowed/shoveled. The snowbanks behind the players and parents emit frigid temps the entire time. The wind is brutal but when the sun is out it 'feels' warm. The boys are allowed undershirts, hats, gloves and tights/leggings during play but for the most part they just go with shorts and short sleeves. The parents are lined up along the field wearing hats, gloves, snowsuits, parkas and boots and are wrapped up in blankets or sleeping bags or whatever else they can get into. You can always tell the new parents because they come with no hats, pretty gloves, hair coiffed and light shoes. They typically end up in the car with the heat blasting before halftime.</div>
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The boys won two of their three scheduled games (7-0 & 3-1) which was great considering this is a practically new team. They are fast and strong and once they learn to trust each other a little more they will be a force to contend with. </div>
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<i>Getting ready to cross the Piscataqua river in Portsmouth, NH</i></div>
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<i>Overlooking Progin Park, Lancaster MA - the banking separating the fields was easily 8' high</i></div>
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<i>This was our field at Progin Park - parents looking directly into the sun AND wind</i></div>
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<i>Monsters mid-game trying to get snow in the truck</i></div>
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<i>Dude was smoking. I mean, seriously? You can't wait? Drive off campus? And he was a coach too.</i></div>
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<i>The sun sets overlooking the Gordon College athletic fields - Medham MA</i></div>
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<i>Gordon College - the banks here were about 4' high... brrr</i></div>
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<i>But on the ends? They were more like 6' high</i></div>
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<i>Under the lights!</i></div>
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<i>Ashland High School, MA - it was interesting to see the snow amounts and how they ranged from town to town. Here the banks were 2 1/2 - 3' high.</i></div>
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<i>Come with me now! Maine to Leominster to Gloucester to Medham in 35 seconds!</i></div>
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-14607730746306033582015-02-22T06:00:00.000-05:002015-02-22T07:40:20.993-05:00"Skiing the Cow" at Smiling Hill Farm - Westbrook, Maine<br />
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I can't tell you how many times I've driven past Smiling Hill Farm, located on County Road right on the oustskirts of Portland. I work basically right up the street, I've been there for lunch, ice cream, to pat the animals and feed the ducks in the pond out front many times in the summer but in the winter, I just hurry on by on my way someplace warm.</div>
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I searched on cross country skiing places during the week and low and behold, up popped Smiling Hill Farm. Their website boasted miles of groomed trails and I was immediately intrigued - after all, they are located exactly 15 minutes away from the house so how could I go wrong, right? </div>
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Saturday morning was slightly overcast with another storm on the horizon, expected to hit the area in the late afternoon. I pulled into the parking lot around 10 am and it was relatively empty - not that I complained much (if you know me - crowds are not my thing). I paid my fees, signed myself in on the tracking sheet, strapped myself in and off I went. </div>
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The map I was provided pointed me in the direction of the 'safer' trails - green and yellow dots to indicate the easier trails to navigate. I had no intention of breaking my neck my first time there. :) I followed the Sugar Maple Trail around the far back, came back towards the parking then took a left out towards the massive fields used by the cows all summer long. Those trails brought me out behind Channel 8 news and the Snow Dumping fields before looping me back through the fields and the parking area - which, by this time was completely packed! I was so suprised to see so many cars, but I hadn't hardly run into anyone! With that kind of trail system, there is plenty of room to be alone. </div>
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I had a blast and figured I skied over 4 miles in the 2 1/2 hours I was there. Was it worth the entry fee? Oh heck yes it was! The trails were perfection, I had pretty much had them to myself, I even got in a little birdwatching! I highly recommend this little gem!</div>
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Here is their XC Ski portion of the <a href="http://www.smilinghill.com/xcski.html" target="_blank">Smiling Hill Farm website</a> and they can also be found on Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/SmilingHillFarm">https://www.facebook.com/SmilingHillFarm</a>) and Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/SmilingHill">https://twitter.com/SmilingHill</a>). </div>
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<i>From the Milk Can trail overlooking the expansive fields</i></div>
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<i>A Portland Trails intersection - interesting! </i></div>
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<i>I swear this must be the very last Bittersweet of the season....</i></div>
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<i>....and it's obvious that the turkey's are all over it. </i></div>
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<i>Swail grass up near the barns</i></div>
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<i>Ironically, this is exactly what my body was thinking after I plunked myself in the drivers seat. :)</i></div>
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<i>Thank you! I sure will!!!</i></div>
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Here in the Northeast, we haven't had much of a break. I'm not going to get all freak-a-zoid like The Weather Channel forecasters and start ranting about how "Everyone in the Northeast is just SICK, SICK, SICK of the SNOW!" because that's not true. I still have a giddy feeling every time I hear of another storm coming and I was emotionally trainwrecked with the blizzard that was supposed to occur last weekend fizzled and sputtered like a dying flame and we only got 4 inches. </div>
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When it hasn't been snowing, we've been sick with a head cold and cough, reinfecting each other over and over again like the perfect sharing mother and son that we are. </div>
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Being vacation week and all, we were home the whole time and since it was so cold and the roads aren't really all that great, I decided to take advantage of my own back yard and broke in a couple of cross country trails looping through the woods out back. </div>
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-25799086656762563972015-02-11T06:00:00.000-05:002015-02-11T06:00:05.783-05:00Coopers Hawk on the huntWe've gotten some snow lately - alot of it. I'm in heaven, but that's another blog. This one is more sinister and serious. During one recent storm, my son looked out the back window and told me to bring the camera. There, perched on a large limb above my treeline feeder, was a Coopers hawk.<br />
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I snapped these images then my son spooked him away.<br />
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A little later on as I was working/on the phone and gazing out the back window at a sweet little junco as he pecked through the snow for niblets when out of nowhere - lightening fast - that same hawk snagged him and disappeared so quickly I shook my head wondering if I had even seen what I thought I saw. The only thing left behind were two feathers and the wingprints in the snow.<br />
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And we think our lives are hard.<br />
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-83166668933385456082015-02-08T06:00:00.000-05:002015-02-08T06:00:05.551-05:00My wintering Yellow Rumped WarblerIt's not unusual for a Yellow Rumped Warbler to remain in Maine for the winter, if in a coastal area where it tends to stay a little warmer than the inland areas. Well, I'm not really inland but he's hanging out pretty steady - and I'm not complaining.<br />
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He's really taken a liking to my suet and heated birdbath. I've placed the heater under a metal water dish and surrounded it all with gravel so he likes that sauna effect. Like other birds sometimes I catch him just standing on the gravel like "wow - this is fabulous".<br />
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Here he is - the handsome creature himself. He sure is a hearty little bugger.<br />
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<i>Brrr little buddy - stay warm!</i></div>
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-21765643067627877032015-02-07T06:00:00.000-05:002015-02-07T06:00:04.540-05:00Winter Sunrise - Buxton, Maine<br />
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-16184490709842106292015-02-04T06:00:00.000-05:002015-02-04T06:00:12.013-05:00A cold and windy exploration of the changes at Popham Beach - Phippsburg, Maine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't think I can ever spend time at Popham and have it not be a worthwhile to me. I love the area, I love the beach, I love the smell of the ocean air. I had my brand new park pass and thought for sure we would see some Harlequins on the outer edge of the Fox island.<br />
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It was very windy, very cold and as you can see by the sky in the images below, snow squalls were in the area. We still marveled over the expansive beach that has been created over the winter and realized that this summer at high tide, there will be no beach at all for sun worshipers and sand castle building tots. 'Tis how the tide ebbs and flows.<br />
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<i>Looking towards the Morse River</i></div>
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<i>Fox Islands with some nasty skies in the background</i></div>
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<i>Pond Island lighthouse, with Wood Island in the left foreground</i></div>
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-90709918030534943842015-02-01T06:00:00.000-05:002015-02-01T06:00:01.568-05:00Bald Eagles - Woolwich, MaineWe were headed to Reid State Park when we saw someone pulled over on the side of the road with a camera sticking out the window, taking a video. A flash from the roadside then a Bald Eagle flew up and into the tree, which also as we found contained two others perched. We pulled over to take a look - two adults and one immature majestic Eagles were anxiously eyeballing a dead deer directly under the tree they were in.<br />
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<i>The two adults</i></div>
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-9349029772809096402015-01-31T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-31T06:00:01.960-05:00Common Merganser with a tasty snack - Windham, MaineI was watching this handsome Common Merganser diving in the Presumpscot River by the Covered Bridge, snapping pictures when he wasn't hiding behind the trees. When he popped up this one time, I was pleasantly surprised to see him with a whole mouthful of what looked like a sunfish, alot more than I thought he could get down. He proved me wrong :)<br />
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Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-35448538095647622102015-01-28T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-28T06:00:03.872-05:00Ice formationsDuring a recent walk on the Saco Heath, I was floored and fascinated by the way the ice formed on the standing water along the boardwalk. I could have taken pictures of this all day long...<br />
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-83536069871409191582015-01-25T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-25T06:00:03.116-05:00Saco Heath - Saco MaineI can now say that I've been to the Heath in three different seasons, I'm just missing spring. And well, I cheated with the winter trip - there was no snow on the ground.<br />
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It's just not the same without all the beautiful colors, but it was really neat nonetheless. The blueberry and cranberry bushes were all a muted brown, but the pitch pines were still their brilliant green. I was serendaded by chickadees and saw a few robins, but that was all that stuck around after the frozen boardwalk creaked and groaned under my weight.<br />
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I think I'll still try to snowshoe the path after we get some snow.<br />
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-22582363610345011302015-01-24T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-24T06:00:01.395-05:00East Point Sanctuary - Biddeford Pool, MaineCan you believe I've driven past this beautiful gem so many times and never stopped to check it out? Oooh, that's not happening anymore, what a gorgeous place to take a walk along the rugged Maine shoreline.<br />
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Parking is limited and in the winter you can park across the street along L.B. Orcutt Blvd, however in the summer you must park out front of the fence. I found that out from a friendly police officer making the rounds watching for illegally parked Snowy Owl hunters :)<br />
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From the fenceline follow the trail up between the houses and to the right once you hit the golf course (a subliminal sign shows you the way if you have quick eyes). Listen carefully as the house to the left has feeders and I was serenaded by chickadees, finches and a downy woodpecker along my way and almost taken out by a grey squirrel that I jumped. <br />
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Entering a narrow woodsy area, you can see where the woodpeckers have worked their way around the trees drilling holes in a circular pattern.<br />
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When the path opens up, it turns into small pebbles and is edged with bittersweet, winterberry and wild roses and to your right the open ocean can be seen. From here you can choose to take a path down to the rocky shoreline or continue along to the other side. I chose to continue to see what lie ahead of me.<br />
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I was so pleasantly surprised to find Wood Island with it's beautiful little lighthouse, the monument on Stage Island, sweeping views of Camp Ellis and Old Orchard Beach and even a glimpse of Mount Washington, standing tall but hiding in the high contrast of the morning sun.<br />
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This walk comes highly recommended by this girl.<br />
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<br />Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321025889532729842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669068451143322648.post-53224876139997022982015-01-21T06:00:00.000-05:002015-01-21T06:00:00.179-05:00House Finches & Cardinals - Scarborough, MaineDriving along Black Point Road on my way to Prouts Neck, I saw a flash of red out of the corner of my eye. I made a point to slow down on my way back through and I'm glad I did, imagine my surprise when I saw the bittersweet brambles alive with flashes of bright red and deep purple. They were alive with House Finches and Cardinals - more of each than I could count. The Cardinals stayed in the background and were harder to photograph, the finches were just plain old showoffs.<br />
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