Exiles on a Maine street
The continuing stories of a British family exiled (by choice) in the US and finding themselves in southern Maine.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Day 17.107: Jazz a la Mode
The first week back after break has been another busy one for E5N1 with a little tour of middle schools that feed the high school with the jazz band yesterday and then, this evening Jazz a la Mode. It was a great evening - the bands were on top form and it was a lovely atmosphere.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Day 17.106: Wren; will I see you again?
We've had a new user of our brush pile over the last few days - a Carolina wren.
In other news, we haven't seen the hawks in a couple of days. Are they lying low (or maybe even laying low or high for that matter)? Were they seen off by the crows? Did they decide to go in search of some more expansive woodland? Did the battle with the third hawk take a bad turn? We may never know, but we'll keep an eye out for them in case they've just been out of sight when we've been paying attention.
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birds,
language,
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Day 17.105: Frisky hawks
The other night I was trying to work out if the two hawks we could see moving around from tree to tree were both broad-winged hawks:
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birds,
neighbors,
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Day 17.104: Inside the Music Hall
The concert on Saturday was quite unlike any we'd been to before. The opener was a member of the non-profit committee that runs the two Music Hall venues and was delightfully enthusiastic about in - in a public-radio kind of way.
Labels:
art,
Local visits,
theater
Monday, April 22, 2024
Day 17.103: The new neighbors
As Exile #2 mentioned yesterday, there has been some excitement about the new hawk arrival - both among Exiles and the local wildlife (crows and small mammals both taking a particular interest).
The broad-winged hawk has been relatively generous with perching in photograph friendly locations.
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birds,
neighbors,
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Sunday, April 21, 2024
Day 17.102: Exile #2's Sunday Column #476
Exile #2 writes...
Springwatch: Maine edition has been getting exciting this week. We have heard the peepers beginning to sing, more summer birds have been arriving and perhaps most excitingly we have seen a hawk building a nest just a little way into the woods. As the leaves are not on the trees yet, we’ve been able to watch it gathering materials and spending time at the nest site. We also, unexpectedly, got to witness it attempting to catch its dinner this evening, when it swooped down on our resident red squirrel. Fortunately, (as we’ve grown quite fond of it) the squirrel managed to get away this time but you’d have to imagine the many local squirrels and chipmunks are feeling a little nervous about their new neighbor.
Springwatch: Maine edition has been getting exciting this week. We have heard the peepers beginning to sing, more summer birds have been arriving and perhaps most excitingly we have seen a hawk building a nest just a little way into the woods. As the leaves are not on the trees yet, we’ve been able to watch it gathering materials and spending time at the nest site. We also, unexpectedly, got to witness it attempting to catch its dinner this evening, when it swooped down on our resident red squirrel. Fortunately, (as we’ve grown quite fond of it) the squirrel managed to get away this time but you’d have to imagine the many local squirrels and chipmunks are feeling a little nervous about their new neighbor.
A few hours before the near-miss |
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animals,
birds,
Sunday column
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Day 17.101: Madison Cunningham and Juana Molina
This evening, Exile #2 and I traveled (just) into New Hampshire to Portsmouth. We visited the wonderful Music Hall Historic Theater and saw the enchanting combination that of these two artists. Juana was unknown to us until this concert was announced and definitely brought out the weird and experimental in Madison as they did a mixture of solo songs and playing together. It was a wonderful and unique night.
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Local visits,
music
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