From Evergreen Ponds, in honor of the summer solstice and strawberry moon. Another photo of the heron on the log… Perhaps it is checking out the frogs under the water?
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Summer Solstice at the Ponds 8
More photos from Evergreen Ponds in honor of the summer solstice and strawberry moon. This is from a few days ago… the heron was resting its wings, while standing on the dry log.
Summer Solstice at the Ponds 6
Another photo from Evergreen Ponds in honor of the summer solstice and strawberry moon. This heron has taken up residence on the island, and seems to be there every time I visit.
Waiting
So all the panels were completely up on the roof by the end of Tuesday, and the electrician was supposed to come this morning with the installer to hook everything up and get it started. But he mistakenly went to another job, and our installer was only able to do the internet hookup. I was so frustrated after being so excited about this being “the day.” And it was such a lovely bright sunny day too. Now they are supposed to come tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, I did the paperwork for Central Maine Power to authorize our power generation and net-metering.
And on a different note entirely, I took a walk Wednesday to Evergreen Cemetery and saw the baby owls again, and also this lovely great blue heron fishing in the pond. I intercepted the Maine Audubon warbler walk and met some birds I hadn’t known before, though my small camera was unable to get photos. But I did get better at shifting from naked-eye view to binocular view without losing sight of the birds. I saw a black and white warbler, a chestnut-sided warbler, a blue-headed vireo, and a northern parula. On Monday I saw and heard a wood thrush.
Maybe the blue heron can offer me something in the way of patience. It just kept walking around the pond, looking for fish I presume, and then being still and quiet as it watched and waited.