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The Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers have been given 'Wild and Scenic' status. Info may be found here. I am privileged to live close enough to the Sudbury to encounter it daily while going about my errands.
My wife and I go paddling on it regularly, weather and the rest of life permitting. I've been carrying Olympus gear with me for the past five years. My wife insisted on using her iPhone until earlier this summer at which point I 'loaned' her my E-M5 III and Panasonic 100-300. Getting it back may present a problem...
I find it impressive that this wonderful landscape and habitat is found not much more than a half hour away from a major city (Boston). What the photos don't convey is that, as isolated as it may look, we are never totally away from the sound of civilization.
Like much of the world, the Northeast is suffering drought. At this time, the river has shrunk until only the main channel is left. Side channels are dry. Normal mud flats on which small birds feed have been left dry and are covered in grass, which makes small birds invisible. The current has become slow enough that a light breeze can nudge a kayak upstream. Still, one encounters wildlife.
Greater Yellowlegs
Great Blue Heron, juv.
Cormorant, taking it on the lam
Muskrat feeding in seclusion
My wife and I go paddling on it regularly, weather and the rest of life permitting. I've been carrying Olympus gear with me for the past five years. My wife insisted on using her iPhone until earlier this summer at which point I 'loaned' her my E-M5 III and Panasonic 100-300. Getting it back may present a problem...
I find it impressive that this wonderful landscape and habitat is found not much more than a half hour away from a major city (Boston). What the photos don't convey is that, as isolated as it may look, we are never totally away from the sound of civilization.
Like much of the world, the Northeast is suffering drought. At this time, the river has shrunk until only the main channel is left. Side channels are dry. Normal mud flats on which small birds feed have been left dry and are covered in grass, which makes small birds invisible. The current has become slow enough that a light breeze can nudge a kayak upstream. Still, one encounters wildlife.
Greater Yellowlegs
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Great Blue Heron, juv.
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Cormorant, taking it on the lam
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Muskrat feeding in seclusion
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