I’ve been stopping at Kent Narrows to check out the dawn horizon.

A family of 4 Red Headed Woodpeckers is nesting near the boat racks.

This Red Winged Blackbird is grooming her feathers.

The owners tell me there are several Turkey families at CBEC.

There’s at least 4 Green Herons foraging at CBEC.

4 Canada Geese seem to be spending the Summer at CBEC.

Only a few Snowy Egrets have been apearing.

This is only the second Orchard Oriole I’ve seen at CBEC.

A single Great Egret flew over the lake.

2 Osprey chicks have successfully fledged.

Several Eastern Kingbirds are busy feeding in the treetops.

It’s a poor image, but my first look at a Yellow Throated Warbler.

This Fox and I rounded the corner simultaneously.

An original scarecrow protects the garden.

Dawn at Kent Narrows.

It’s quite dark at Kent Narrows when I arrive, and this Black Crowned Night Heron is living up to his name.

Yellow Breasted Chats will be heading South soon.

The Greenbury Indigo Bunting isn’t usually this cooperative.

Ebird flagged this Red Headed Woodpecker as “infrequent”.

Great Crested Flycatchers are often hard to find at CBEC.

This Cardinal photo illustrates how bright the Sun was.

Wild Turkeys! It’s always a treat to find these birds.

A poor look at an Eastern Kingbird.

Brown Headed Nuthatch, a little too far away.

Two Snowy Egrets were fishing in the lake.

A dozen Canada Geese were hanging out with the Egrets.

Diana Linnekin, MD Nature photographer.

This young Fox acted very tame.

I was lucky to have such a nice background for this Common Yellowthroat.

This Double Crested Cormorant was just chillin’.

It was a nice morning for reflections such as this Great Egret shot.

You can almost always get a Red Winged Blackbird to pose.

My first Greater Yellowlegs in a while.

I saw more Great Blue Herons than usual.

You can readily hear Marsh Wrens, but they don’t always pose so well.

These Mute Swans were just close enough.

I found only a single Killdeer.

I found this Wild Turkey at CBEC yesterday.

At least two Seaside Sparrows were in the area.

Butterflies are numerous now.

Many young Tree Swallows gathered in the gravel. I’m not sure what that’s bout.

This appears to be a young Mallard.

I saw a single Snowy Egret. There should be more by now.

The Osprey pair seem to be doing well.

A single Great Blue Heron flew by.

This Mockingbird was posing for me.

This male Eastern Towhee was a nice surprise. I haven’t seen many at CBEC.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.

Monarch Butterfly.

A small Eastern Box Turtle.

One of three Foxes I saw this morning.

Warning sign at the landing.

The lighthouse at Cutler Harbor.

The lighthouse on Machias Seal Island.

Pamela points out a bird at Acadia.

Graeme and Pamela at an Acadia vista.

Common Murres were, indeed, common.

Two Common Murres and a Razorbill.

This Eagle pair was perched in a tree at the Harbor entrance.

Arctic Tern with chick.

A lone Northern Gannet was visible on the island.

Female Common Eiders with chicks were feeding near shore.

I was surprised to see many Savannah Sparrows. I was told they had Baltimore Orioles as well.

We found a Black Throated Green Warbler in Acadia,

Apparently, Dark Eyed Juncos spend the Summer in Acadia.

We saw at least 5 Northern Parulas.

This Raven seems to have found an egg.

Many Razorbills were hanging out on the island.

Razorbills often engage in “Bill Crossing.”

Common Eiders are breeding on the island.

A lone Northern Gannet was visible on the island.

Atlantic Puffins were in the air and the water everywhere you looked.

Puffins nest in natural burrows, or excavate their own.

Atlantic Puffins were in the air and the water everywhere you looked.

Gray Seals and Harbor seals were numerous in the area.

Graeme Simpson waiting for the trip to begin.

A visit to the head requires a “Tern Stick”. Terns are very protective of their nests, and will harass anything that comes near. The stick distracts them.

I spent some time watching the Purple Martin colony.

About 25 Glossy Ibis were foraging with the Egrets.

Three Willets flew by as I was watching the Ibis.

Bombay Hook is the only place I regularly see Marsh Wrens.

This Greater Yellowlegs was on the Boardwalk Trial.

You can often find Blue Grosbeaks near the main road.

This Black Crowned Night Heron was fishing peacefully.

The Red Winged Blackbird is the most common bird at this time of year.

I’e seen several Brown Thrashers this year, but they don’t all pose this well.

Cardinals are pretty common lately.

These Double Crested Cormorants flew overhead at CBEC.

There’s a lot of Brown Thrashers at CBCE lately.

This family of Mallards was feeding in the lake.

It’s hard to get a good look at a Yellow Breasted Chat at this time of year.

Graeme, taking a break at the visitor center.

This Osprey nest seems to produce young every year.

Two very young Mockingbirds.

I liked the look of this feather.

We found several Orchard Oriole nests.

This Northern Watersnake was in the middle of the road.

We saw only one Delmarva Fox Squirrel.

We were lucky to catch this family of Raccoons before they disappeared in the grass.

I seem to be seeing fewer Double Crested Cormorants than usual.

This Gray Catbird is displaying his rufous undertail coverts.

Marsh Wrens are easy to find at Bombay Hook.

This Orchard Oriole posed well.

I’m not sure what this Mute Swan is doing.

This is a common Great Egret pose.

Black Skimmers are a delight to watch.