Will Kidder

Father’s Day Celebration with the loons. With Pearl’s hatching yesterday, we now have our two chicks out and about. Despite the cool... Read More

Yesterday evening our first chick hatched. We arrived at our viewing spot at 7:45 pm to the distinctive coos of the mother Loon and we knew there had to be a chick. A very dark photo proved us right.

This time of year, loon activity is slow with one parent on the nest at a time, occasionally rolling the eggs they are incubating.

Our Loons laid their second egg overnight on May 20-21. For a few days the Loons seemed to be very preoccupied with... Read More

Spring is here! The Loons have returned and so have Jen and Jon, eager to welcome a new season. The Loons laid their first egg on May 18th. As of 3 pm today, May 20th, there is still just one egg.

The folks down at Marshall's Garage have declared Ice Out to be April 20, 2019.

November is here and that means both mom and Precious Kittie will be leaving the lake soon and heading, separately, to the Gulf of Maine.

With the onset of colder temperatures we are seeing the tail end of migration on and around Pleasant Lake.   We have had a few unusual visitors stopping by. A flock of seven Bufflehead.  They are a tiny duck on their way to their wintering grounds on open bays, reservoirs and lakes in southern United States.

As the water level drops and activity on Pleasant Lake declines, we take some time to explore the Fall nearby. The view of our lake from Mt Kearsarge is always a treat, even on a hazy day. Up close, the colors remain spectacular and mushrooms are still popping up, even in a patch of lichens near the summit of Kearsarge.

Fall on Pleasant Lake is a mix of misty cold days and explosions of Fall color in  Turtle Cove.  The lake level is being dropped around 4.5 feet for dam repair. It is all ready down over 3 feet which has exposed a lot of shallow lake bottom, including almost all of Turtle Cove.