I put in up in the forest finding the river spring high but also with a rising tide, even though this place is thirty miles from the sea. It was already in the mid 50's and the wind was near calm.
The mission was to run a check on an Eagle nest that lies about a 1/2 hour paddle down from here.
I often photograph forests in sepia tone, the green often being too strong for a photograph and black and white being to cold for an environment filled with life. The high haze and leafless deciduous forest and dormant undergrowth has created a landscape that shows sepia even with my camera set to color. Trees will begin to bud out soon and the most incredible crop of poison ivy will soon turn this land green.
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I reach the Eagle nest in about a half hour and find it unoccupied. This area of the marsh is well open with long uninterrupted sightlines. There are no Eagles in the vicinity. I watch the nest for a few minutes just to be sure, and then move on.
I spot a mature Bald Eagle near where the Coginchaug River enters the Mattebasset. It chases a hawk and then climbs high to soar.
With the high water I paddle up the Coginchaug farther than I ever have before. I almost reach the first road bridge before turning back. I get a second Eagle sighting just as I reach the Mattebasset. The Eagle flies off to the east and doesn't seem particularly associated with the nest.
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