The Eclipse

Eclipse

I happened to be on Kennebago Lake during the afternoon of August 21st, the time of the partial eclipse. It was very interesting to see how the natural world reacted. During the peak when the sun was over 50% covered, the sunlight was definitely muted, the sky and reflected light off the water, looked like it was an hour before sunset.

Mosquitos emerged, when ordinarily they wouldn’t have in the heat of an August afternoon. The lake was calm and small trout started rising regularly. Birds such as Merlins that would only be active in the evening this time of year took flight. Loons started calling. And then as the sun re-emerged, song birds started singing like it was early morning. All very interesting.

Here are a few  photos of us on the dock looking at the eclipse by manipulating a pair of binoculars so they would project two images of the sun onto a piece of white paper.

eclipse Eclipse

Looking ahead, early September rain and cool temperatures for the last few weeks should mean fall spawning runs are starting now.

“Trout Canyon” in Rangeley, Maine

Again this year, September drought conditions in Rangeley caused pre-spawn brook trout to stack up in the few pools that held sufficient water. I captured some underwater video in one pool I call Trout Canyon.

Video for New Book

Check out the video made for the release of my new book.

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