October 16, 2010: Trip to the Maine Coast

Today we drove from Bethel to spend another day on the Maine coast north of Bath

Fall colors around Bethel

An elk farm along Route 26!

Snow Falls Rest Stop

Now down along the coast

Lobster Traps near Phippsburg

Morse Mountain Beach

Below: Popham Beach State Park

Fox Island at Popham Beach State Park

Above and Below:  Double Crested Cormorants

A distant lighthouse

Sandpipers along the beach

Common Eider

Harbor Seal

Black Scoter

White-Winged Scoter

Red-Necked Grebe

Above and Below: Fall colors at Popham Beach

Above and Below: Common Eiders

Common Loon

Above and Below:  Yellow-Rumped Warblers

Fort Popham (and views from the Fort Below)

Bailey Island, Maine

Area around Lands End (above and below)

Above and Below: Lobster fishing on Bailey Island

Cook's Lobster House

View from Land's End

Rare Cattle Egret on Bailey Island

October 15, 2010: Around Bethel, Maine

With the bad weather, today's photos are all from around Bethel, Maine

Fall Leaves on the rainy pavement

Fox Sparrow

Downy Woodpecker

Red-Breasted Nuthatch

October 14, 2010: Bethel and Grafton Notch State Park, Maine

Morning fall colors at  Bethel, Maine

Golden-Crowned Kinglet

White-Throated Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Grafton Notch State Park, Maine

Mushrooms on the ground

Interesting pine

The sun on some fall leaves

Table Rock (above and below)

Conifers

Shots from Moose Cave below

Moss on the ground

Above and Below: Fall colors at Grafton Notch during our picnic

Below: Screw Augur Falls photos (still at Grafton Notch)

 

Maggie Trail in Bethel

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Small white flowers

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Raccoon in Bethel