November 14, 2010

Another November paddle! We decided to go back to Lake Lonely to see if we could find the Heron nests that Tim & Megan had seen in the spring.


Tim heads out

We noticed that the water level was pretty low. There were quite a few spots where we could hit our paddles on the bottom of the lake. The lake was very flat and calm. No waves or ripples today either. There were a lot of ducks and Canada Geese on the lake. Most the time we didn't see them until we startled them and they would fly off in search of another quiet place.



Huge house in the background. I always like to look at the landscaping!



Nance near the Saratoga National Golf Course

We saw a large bird in a tree. We couldn't confirm, but assume that it was a heron. As we continued to paddle back towards the launch we spotted the heron nests that we were looking for. There were probably about a dozen, varying in size. Round Lake has a lot more nests that are visible from much farther away. I love the Round lake nests- they always have at least 1 heron in them!


Two Heron nests!

We paddled back after only an hour since we had found the nests we were looking for. We decided not to paddle down the creek towards Saratoga Lake. Tim wanted to make sure he had time to wash the kayaks in case this was the final trip. Who knows, if this weather holds we may get a trip in December!