Indian River Bridges
I stop at the new deadfall that has come down spanning the river remembering that I did not remember to pack my saw. I am an hour out with a headwind on the return, so I decide to use my time to explore other spots on the way out instead of using it to clamber over and around the obstruction. I my next trip here I can clear a passage in 20 or 30 minutes.
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| loon |
There is little ice on the water except in the harbor and most of that is older and attached to the shore. Only in one short stretch do I have to touch ice and that has been broken to a chum by the oyster boats that are still going in and out of the harbor on a daily basis.
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| the first bridge |
At the mouth of the harbor I spot 8 buffleheads and one loon. I find a second loon at the narrows halfway up Gulf Pond. Loons can be found with fair certainty where there is a current, which I'm sure aids in their submerged fishing. Gulf Pond holds some geese and black ducks, as usual at this time of year.
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| the railroad bridge |
The flood current shoots me under the railroad bridge - timing is everything on this route as the water backs up a foot or so high at the narrow opening. I spook a flock of 15 common mergansers as I come out of the passage. Here starts the Indian River. It winds it's way along through a wide wetland that keeps the surrounding town at a distance. The tight bends can bring one close to a variety of waterfowl. I spotted a least bittern on my last trip. This time it is some mallards, some hooded mergansers and a few wood ducks at the deadfall that marked halfway.short passage.
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| the lowest bridge |
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