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Purple Finch

Female Purple Finch in Island Pond, VT

As most of you know, our Webcam here in Island Pond points at two bird / squirrel feeders. We also have three other bird feeders that aren’t in the webcam view. Needless to say, we enjoy watching the birds. I also enjoy photographing the birds that visit our yard. I hadn’t been taking many photos over the past year or two. But over the past few weeks I’ve gotten back in to it, and I’ve been having fun again.

Photographing birds takes a ton of patience, and a lot of luck. The wild birds are usually very quick and can get spooked very easy. I’d much rather take photos of birds in their natural environment, but sometimes they land on something man made like the top of a lamp post, and you can’t resist taking the shot.

VT Purple Finch

Female Purple Finch in Island Pond, VT

I hope everyone out there enjoys this type of post because I have a feeling they may become more frequent here on the bog.

First snow cover of the season

We had our first accumulating snow of the season here in Island Pond over the weekend.

Snow starting to accumulate on Saturday 11/14/15

Snow starting to accumulate on Saturday 11/14/15

I decided to head up to Jobs Pond in Westmore on Saturday to see if there was more snow in the higher elevations. There was a little more at the pond, but not as much as I had hoped.

Jobs Pond in Westmore, VT on Saturday 11/14/15

Jobs Pond in Westmore, VT on Saturday 11/14/15

Fall Foliage Update 9/24/15

What a difference a year can make in the foliage department. Looking back at this post from September 24, 2014 shows how  much more color development we had here in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont last year than we have on the same date this season. I’m sure the above normal temperatures that we’ve had for most of September have contributed to the foliage being behind schedule. We just had our first really cool morning of the season on 9/21 when the temperature dropped to 33.7° here in Island Pond.

Temperatures over the past week in Island Pond, VT

Temperatures over the past week in Island Pond, VT

Even though I haven’t seen much color around the Island Pond area I thought I would take a drive today and see if I could find some color.

island pond vt

Henshaw Road Island Pond, VT

I was able to find spotty color in places, but not the big vistas with great color.

VT Fall Foliage 2015

A little color beside Rte 114 between Island Pond and Norton, VT

I continued North on Rte. 114 through Norton and then on to Canaan without seeing much in the way of that brilliant fall foliage that I was looking for. The only hope I had left was to cross the Connecticut River and head to Pittsburg, NH. The colors did get better the further north that I drove. But it still wasn’t anywhere near peak foliage.

Pittsburg, NH Foliage 2015

Rte. 3 Pittsburg, NH

Pittsburg, NH Foliage 2015

Magalloway Road near mile marker 6 Pittsburg, NH

Fall Foliage Pittsburg, NH 2015

Magalloway Road Pittsburg, NH

Hopefully the cooler temperatures over the next several nights helps bring on the fall foliage that most of us have been waiting for to arrive here in the NEK of VT.

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