In the last few days clients have had more to see than just great weather and beautiful scenery. The critters have been showing up more than usual and in unusual ways. One afternoon on a perch fishing trip we were anchored in a cove out of the breeze. I heard a splash and looked up to see a young osprey about twenty yards away, nothing unusual here. Except the young bird was floating on the surface of the pond, wings outstretched, rather than launching himself (or herself) back into the air. We watched for several minutes as the bird floated on the surface with its wings outstretched looking dazed. I finally decided to pull anchor and go to help. Of course as soon as the boat began to move toward it the osprey organized itself and flew off.
The very next morning I was on Megunticook Lake in Camden fishing along shore with a couple. The lake has been drawn down and there is a strip of dry land along the shore that was underwater not long ago. This strip is an easy pathway and one getting littered with fresh acorns under the overhanging oak trees. I look down the shore I can see a doe and two fawns feeding towards us maybe fifty yards away. This is unusual for Maine and I make sort of a big deal out of it. After a few minutes the deer walk off into the woods and we continue to fish. 
We move to another stretch of shoreline and begin to work our way along; there are three more deer. Only this time they are close and let us get to within twenty or so yards. As we are watching the deer there is a pair of loons maybe fifty yards away calling loudly. Loons always make a lot of noise when there is an eagle in the air so I look up and sure enough there is an eagle at treetop level overhead closely followed by an osprey. Almost like a television show.
These were supposedly fishing trips but the wildlife watching was an excellent bonus.
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