A female common goldeneye with two chicks on Upper South Branch Pond in Maine’s Baxter State Park. A short portage trail from Lower South Branch Pond provides access to the Upper Pond when the water level is low.
Momma and Chicks
Category Archives: Baxter State Park
Little Abol Falls
Little Abol Falls is just a short (about one mile) hike from the Abol campground in Baxter State Park.
View from Big Rock
Katahdin viewed from Big Rock observation point on the shoreline of Sandy Stream Pond, Baxter State Park.
Sunset at Upper South Branch
This was the height of black fly season in Baxter State Park. To take this shot and many others on that trip I had to chase the blackflies away from my lens, and editing required spotting out not only the occasional dust spot, but quite a few black fly traces. The joys of the Maine woods in mid-June! The pond is surrounded by volcanic mountains composed of rhyolite–the Traveler range to the east and the South Branch and Black Cat mountains to the west.
Fowler Brook
Fowler Brook in northern Baxter State Park.
Moose at Sandy Stream
A moose enjoying lunch on the shoreline of Baxter State Park’s Sandy Stream Pond.
South Branch Sunset
A mid-June sunset at Lower South Branch Pond in Baxter State Park.
Clouds over Katahdin
Clouds over Katahdin as viewed from the Roaring Brook road in early October.
On the Knife Edge
Looking back across Katahdin’s Knife Edge in Maine’s Baxter State Park.
Roaring Brook
Fall color comes to Baxter State Park. This view of Roaring Brook is from the footbridge on the Sandy Stream Pond/Russel Pond trail.
light on the trail 