Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Day 19.213: Abe Emerson Marsh

On our way home from Manchester, we stopped in Candia (definitely a real place in New Hampshire, not an offshoot of Candyland) to visit Abe Emerson Marsh. It was the middle of the day, so not ideal for birding but we had a nice walk and saw some cool things:



This pond was between the parking area and the trail head and was full of interesting plants

Cardinal flower

On both sides

Pickerelweed (or - apparently - pickerel weed in the UK)

White water lily

White meadowsweet

There was a lot all along the side of the marsh and its sweet smell was quite intoxicating 

Also attractive to the monarchs apparently 

Great blue heron


Two quiet eastern phoebes snuck by. We also heard at least two of their eastern wood pewee cousins

It’s also peak mushroom time

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