Kennebunkport morning

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d81-4383-2016110485zA business conference allowed me to visit Kennebunkport, Maine this past week. After a very rainy day, the next morning was clear and crisp.

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This is part of Maine’s working waterfronts. There was little boat traffic, commercial or otherwise. The tide is out, the trees are steadily losing their leaves, the tourists are gone and, for any shops open, everything is on sale.

The first President Bush’s house is a mile or two down the drive to the north.

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Looking out toward the mouth of the Kennebunk River; The Gulf of Maine is beyond

Birds around the bog

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This wood duck surprised me last week as we walked to the far bog where the beavers reside. As we approached the bog, the ducks paddling around the open water section near us sped away into the central part of the bog. This usually meant we missed any chance of getting a picture of them.
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I tied off Murphy to improve any chances of wildlife photography (he is getting used to this and generally doesn’t complain).

I stood halfway down the trail for about twenty minutes. I got pictures of robins and nuthatches (see right; this is probably a robin but it looks a bit ragged and makes me wonder about my ID).

All of a sudden, this wood duck comes in for an abrupt landing onto the water in front of me. He then slowly swims away from me without much panic.