Mouth of the Machias

Mouth of the Machias pic.twitter.com/nBCSBr4ele

— Abby McBride (@sketchbiologist) August 10, 2016

Summer in Machiasport

By the mudflats

By the mudflats, high tide (Machiasport, #Maine)

A photo posted by Abby McBride (@abbymcb) on Jul 25, 2016 at 2:06pm PDT

The old oak tree

The old oak tree (Machiasport, Maine)

A photo posted by Abby McBride (@abbymcb) on Jul 19, 2016 at 7:23am PDT

Top heavy

Least Tern chicks on Stratton Island, Maine pic.twitter.com/UCpGmucFY2

— Abby McBride (@sketchbiologist) July 13, 2016

I just kayaked out to Stratton Island for a one-night reunion tour, to relive my field work from this past May. Back then, the Least Tern adults had barely started to arrive for the season. Now there are already fledglings fluttering around. (These two chicks aren't quite at that stage yet...)