Mostly Butterflies and Birds and the Seagull Who Stole My Lunch

Monarch Caterpillar on Milkweed - Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Monarch Butterflies - all over

Swallowtail - Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Not a Monarch - Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Bald Eagle - Moose Point State Park

Note: no Moose

Glossy Ibis - Scarborough Marsh

Cormorant - all over

Deer - Several places. Yawn. Didn’t even bother trying to take pictures.

Trolls - Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Seal - Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park. Saw it on Shabbos, so no picture. You will have to take my word for it. It was extremely cute. You will have to take my word for that also.

Something With a Dorsal Fin - Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park

Possibly an orca? A porpoise? The trick is, when you see seabirds circling a spot in the ocean, there is usually some predator in the area.

This is the Seagull Who Stole My Lunch - Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park

This is how it went down. First, he landed nearby. He kept hopping closer. We shooed him away. And then! When I was distracted taking pictures of the dorsal fin pictured above, he swooped in from behind and grabbed the wrap right out of my hand! He gobbled down the wrap and left the filling. But the joke was on him! The wrap was low carb.

Porcupine - Somewhere in these bushes. He didn’t hang around to pose.

I’d never seen a porcupine in the wild before!

Barnacles and Mussels - Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park

Second Bull Moose Sighting! - This time at LL Bean

LL Bean and Silly Hats

Selig's family lives less than 1 1/2 miles from LL Bean!!!!

So not only did I get to see some of my favorite cousins and aunt today,

and get to see Rachel in a silly hat !!!!!



and meet Lynn and Jacie, and various assorted family, friend, and other,

I went to LL Bean!!!!!

Great fall foliage on the way down too.

All in all, an excellent afternoon.