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Photos from our Merrymeeting Bay Trip

On Saturday, September 23, Maine Audubon’s 48th annual Bald Eagles of Merrymeeting Bay trip left Boothbay Harbor with beautiful, sunny weather. The five-hour round trip took us through a variety of habitats as we cruised on open ocean to the mouth of the Kennebec River, up the river to Merrymeeting Bay, and then back to Boothbay down the Sasanoa and Sheepscot Rivers.

In all, we saw 35 Bald Eagles, as well as other birds including Double-crested Cormorants, Sanderlings, and Northern Gannets.

Here are some photos from the trip (all photos by Ariana van den Akker/Maine Audubon):

Cormorants on a rock.
Double-crested Cormorants on a rock near Popham Beach.
Two adult Bald Eagles in a tree along the Kennebec River.
Two adult Bald Eagles in a tree along the Kennebec River.
Sanderlings on Popham Beach.
Sanderlings on Popham Beach.
Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox scopes the shoreline for birds.
Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox scans the shoreline for birds.
A Northern Gannet flies over the ocean off the coast of Cape Newagen.
A Northern Gannet flies over the ocean off the coast of Cape Newagen.
A juvenile Bald Eagle flies along the banks of the Kennebec River.
A juvenile Bald Eagle flies along the banks of the Kennebec River.
Trip-goers point out a Bald Eagle while cruising on the Kennebec River.
Trip-goers point out a Bald Eagle while cruising on the Kennebec River.
A Bald Eagle feeding on a seal carcass.
A Bald Eagle feeding on a seal carcass.
Dick Anderson on the mic
Dick Anderson, who led Maine Audubon’s first Bald Eagles of Merrymeeting Bay boat trip 48 years ago, talks about how land conservation and environmental cleanup over the last several decades has allowed many animals to flourish.
A juvenile Bald Eagle sitting on a rock.
A juvenile Bald Eagle sitting on a rock.
Woman on a boat
It was a beautiful morning with glassy water and sunny skies.
A juvenile Bald Eagle flies away from the boat.
A juvenile Bald Eagle flies away from the boat.