A weekly display of the best pictures taken locally by our readers in Central Maine!
FAMILY TIME (part 1): Michael Bilinsky, of China Village, was busy with his camera recently when he snapped three squirrels feeding together…
FAMILY TIME (part 2): …three chipmunks who look like they were trying to hide…
FAMILY TIME (part 3): …and a flock of Canada Geese cruising in the lake.
WILDLIFE AT ITS BEST (part 1): Jayne Winters, of South China, captured this raccoon hanging on to a tree.
WILDLIFE AT ITS BEST (part 2): Jayne Winters, of South China, had the rare opportunity to capture this bald eagle on the ground.
SIGN OF SPRING: Joan Chaffee, of Clinton, recently photographed these pussy willows beginning to bud.
SPECTACULAR: John Gardner captured this gorgeous sunset recently.
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: Michael Bilinsky, of China Village, snapped this close up of a cedar waxwing.
LONESOME FINCH: Joan Chaffee, of Clinton, photographed this lone gold finch on a suet feeder.
CHRISTMAS CARDINAL: Pat Clark, of Palermo, photographed this cardinal at Christmas time.
FIRST VISIT: Pat Clark, of Palermo, snapped this photo of the tracks of the Mt. Washington Cog Railroad on her first visit to the area.
LOOKING GOOD: Jayne Winters, of China, captured this Wooly Bear caterpillar last fall.
Stone carvings of fisherman at Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia. (photo by Pat Clark, of Palermo)
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND TRIP: Pat Clark, of Palermo, went on a trip to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia in September 2019, as they tried to stay ahead of Hurricane Dorian. The Cabot Trail, was photographed on a gloomy day reminiscent of the Scottish/Irish coast.
This stone memorial in Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, is to honor lost fishermen and a SwissAir flight that crashed near there in 1994. (photo by Pat Clark, of Palermo)
FALL VISITOR: Jayne Winters, of China, photographed this hermit thrush last summer at her feeder.
PICTURESQUE FOLIAGE: Pat Clark, of Palermo snapped this beaufiul fall scenery at Wyman Lake.
WELL FED: This male cardinal, captured by Michael Bilinsky, of China Village, looks as if it hasn’t missed many meals.
RESTFUL SPOT: Tina Richard, of Clinton, snapped this foliage photo during her walk, in Winslow. The view from there was “breath taking.”
FIRST MOOSE: Pat Clark, of Palermo, saw her first moose on a fall foliage trip this fall near Moxie Plantation.
PICTURESQUE: Jayne Winters, of South China, captured this picturesque spot on Back/Sheepscot River, in Boothbay, near Knickerkane Island.
SPECTACULAR: Stephanie Vinson, of China, photographed this spectacular sunrise over China Lake recently.
COLORFUL: Tina Richard, of Clinton, captured this fall foliage scene from the gazebo, in Fairfield.
PICTURESQUE: Tina Richard, of Clinton, captured this horse posing in front of some beautiful fall colors.
HMMMM!: Michael Bilinsky, of China Village, photographed this bird enjoying some orange nectar in his backyard.
ONE AT A TIME: Joan Chaffee, of Clinton, snapped this robin enjoying some berries from her Hawthorne tree.
The foliage is in its peak at Pine Grove Cemetery, on Grove Street, in Waterville. (photo by Roland D. Hallee)
The foliage as seen from Blueberry Hill, in Mt. Vermon, looking east over Great Pond and Long Pond, and the Belgrade Village. (photo by Roland D. Hallee)