Lost Pond Trail - 2001
A 12,000+ year old pond nestled in the woods near Pinkham Notch.
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Lost Pond Trail - Driftwood and Lily Pads in Lost Pond Sitting beside a boulder at the edge of Lost Pond, we look over the mirror like water that reflects the blue sky - taking away the haze and heat and leaving only clarity. Driftwood - the remains of stumps and branches - brown with age and perhaps tannin from the pond water, poke upward like abstract sculptures, contrasted with the opposite forms of the curved water lily pads. Lost Pond is over 12,000 years old [Late Quaternary History of the White Mountains... Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal], lined with layer after layer of ancient leaves. Probably only those from recent decades contribute to the color, but it is still fascinating to think of this place looking much the same as when the ice sheet was receeding across the continent. See also… 7/23/2001 |
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Lost Pond Trail - Great Blue Heron at Lost Pond We suddenly come across this Great Blue Heron, wading near a slough of driftwood along the west side of the Lost Pond, across the pond from the Lost Pond Trail. It is looking for fish, stepping equally carefully and slowly along the ragged wood fragments and on the soft mud of the pond bottom. See also… 7/23/2001 |
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Lost Pond Trail - Great Blue Heron with Food Moments after catching a fish or frog, the heron swims toward the shore, its prey still struggling against finality. The heron has a bit of an effort to orient the prey so that it can be swallowed, but manages the task without dropping it. The prey is swallowed whole and the heron washes it down with a drink of water. See also… 7/23/2001 |
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Lost Pond Trail - The Moose Steps From The Pond At the northwest end of the pond, the female moose we had watched moving slowly north, feeding as it waded or swam, finally walks slowly up to the shore and departs into the woods. See also… 7/25/2001 |
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Lost Pond Trail - The Moose Steps From The Pond, Enlarged As the female moose steps out of the water, leaving behind her favored food (the pond lily), this image shows clearly the disproportionate size of her head compared to her body, and an almost camel-like stance. See also… 7/25/2001 |
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