Peaks day 9

· Maine Event

Today was a quiet recover day after July 4th and all the noise and people. It was cooler and breezy. Easier to keep the sun shirt and hat on when hiking around. We went on a nice walk in the preserved land trust area in the middle of the island. It's so fun to wander in these forested areas and have no idea where you are going but even if you get lost you will eventually come to a street and you are on an island and can find your way again. Peaks at it's widest points are about 1mile wide and two miles long.

Teenagers filled more than one ferry getting off the island after the fireworks. And this morning the line of cars to get off the island after the long weekend lasted for hours.

Baby gull research

Mapping the underwater world and revealing magic

68.3% illumination
Cats of Peaks
Early walk
Cappuccino at the seasonal cafe kitty corner from where we are staying
Long afternoon walk
Old refrigerator or freezer turned into little free library!
Umbrella Cover Museum
Piece of a rainbow
Osprey nest. There are actually two viewable from either corner of our deck

5:05 am – 8:25 pm, which is 15 hours and 20 minutes of daylight.

The bird of the day is the Eastern Screech-Owl

Here is a poem for you.

Sending love from Maine,

Tawnia

Bird List - 42 species today

Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Killdeer
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
Glossy Ibis
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Cardinal