Catching up on the Blog - Maine Getaway

It's been busy and I haven't had a chance to work on any blog posts lately.  Here's a catch all from last weekend's trip to Ogunquit, Maine, "Beautiful Place by the Sea".   My sister Lynn and I had a fabulous time up there!

Nubble Light, York, Maine:

Herring Gull

Sunset at Ogunquit Beach:

  

Bonaparte's Gull

Sunrise at Ogunquit Beach:

  

Song Sparrow

Piping Plover in its enclosure (for safe nesting)

Baby!

Babies hiding under parent

Back to Nubble Light:

Common Eider female and chicks

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge:

Cedar Waxwing fledgling

Pink Ladyslippers

Goat Island Lighthouse from Kennebunkport ME:

Cedar Waxwing

Perkins Cove:

We stopped at Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Newington,  NH on the way south:

Sundew

Common Yellowthroat

Whaleback Light

Herring Gull (juvenile)

Herring Gull

 Portsmouth Harbor Light

Eastern Bluebird

 Isle of Shoals Lighthouse

Evening Walk at BHCL

I couldn't get out earlier today, but I enjoyed a walk at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land from 6-7PM.  The best part of this walk was the lowering sun.

Highlights:

European Skipper

Milkweed season has officially begun!

Mama bringing a snack back to one of her nestlings

a nestling peeks out of the broken box

Yellow Whorled Loosestrife

Juvenile Red-Winged Blackbird

Northern Mockingbird