Photo of the day

[lowangle al]

There was a little frost on the hull yesterday when I started out in the fog, but it warmed up quickly. There is a buck in the fog that you can barely make out.

 

[stevet]

Frost followed by a warm day….best time of the year.

 

[Penns Woods]

Just what I was waiting for, "The frost is on the pumpkin, it's time for ----- oh I forget the rest, how does the rest of that go?
Anyway, beautiful picture of a canoe on a peaceful pond.

 

[ABT]

Photo snapped of me and my Starfire at the Ozark Rendezvous last Thursday on Current River. Beautiful paddle and met some great folks. Water clarity was fantastic.

 

[gumpus]

Silver Beach, Lake Michigan yesterday after the cold front blew the rain away (60 mph gusts, 14 foot waves). This is the calm after the storm. The St Joseph river empties into The Lake on the other side of the lighthouse.

 

[Penns Woods]

Beautiful pictures. Thanks for posting

 

[Erica]

WOW! What great waves.

 

[Rob]

Matawin River, Quebec

Secret fishing spot, upper laurentians, Quebec


Headless moose, Ashuapmushuan River, Quebec.

 

[Tsuga8]

Haven't done many pre-work paddles this year, mostly due to the dog's arthritis and harmful algal blooms. Managed to get out this morning though.

 

[lowangle al]

There is an eagle nest right down the lake from me and I've seen them bringing sticks to repair the nest many times. This morning the eagle flew over my boat going towards shore and snapped this dead branch from the top of a tree while in flight. I heard it snap, and it didn't seem to slow him down at all. Earlier I saw him bring another stick to the nest, where his mate was waiting and began to place it.

 

[Alan Gage]

This morning the eagle flew over my boat going towards shore and snapped this dead branch from the top of a tree while in flight. I heard it snap, and it didn't seem to slow him down at all.

That's pretty neat. I didn't realize they did that. There must be some entertaining moments when the branches don't break.

Alan

 

[lowangle al]

It was a surprise to me too. About five years ago, before there was a nest on the lake I saw an eagle. He was perched in a tree on the far shore, about 250 yards across the water. He took off, flew to the shore I was paddling on and grabbed what I thought was a snake from a tree. It just didn’t look like a snake though, it was stiff and a weird shape. It was below freezing so I thought maybe it was frozen.

Fast forward a few months and I noticed a nest with an eagle in it. It was then I put it together that they were probably building the nest earlier in the year. I must have paddled under it numerous time and never saw it.