Anyways, it's just plain cool.
From my house, I can walk to this spot in about 35 minutes. This very spot where the alewives pool up and continually try to climb over this particular obstacle...what appears like to no avail...this spot is still a bit of the ways to their final destination...but the reports I read this morning are that in the past 5 days 11000 alewives have made it to Highland lake...that's their destination!!! (and yes there are still a couple of weeks to go)
OK, if you look up alewives...it's described as a "herring" type of fish...but I am told it is illegal to fish them in Maine.
Alright, here is what I want to share with you. In the past 6 days I've gone in to see them 4 times. 3 of those times was at 7 in the morning...hoping to catch some other type of wildlife in the mix...to no real avail...we saw some weird types of seagulls...that's all so far...(when I say "we" that's hubby and I) and at that hour of the morning we were lucky to have the place to ourselves and capture photos and video...and the 4th trip in we went with our neighbors on a Sunday afternoon...there were lots of other folks there checking it out. One additional note, this is Maine, and the weather is as fickle as 2020 itself :) Two of the mornings were hot, sticky and extremely buggy...and one of the mornings we bathed in bug spray only to discover after heading out that what we really needed were gloves for the cold and "bug-less" temperatures!!
Enjoy the photos! I did post a different video on my Minor Moments Facebook Page in case you are interested. Not making excuses here...but the mosquitoes were landing on my hands in droves as I tried to capture the alewives climbing the rocks. My husband used his Covid stimulus $ to purchase a drone and he is having much fun learning how to use it. I begged him to put a video together for me to share with you, so I have included it at the bottom of this post!
Love you! Thank you for visiting and let me know what you enjoyed today!
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