Greetings! Please enjoy our February edition of Nature Watchers! What are you seeing out there? We'd love to hear from you! The following posts are from some of our local Harpswell Nature Watchers. All of the contributions below are seen immediately in our Facebook group. Click here to join. Click here for more information about Harpswell Nature Watchers.

The birds are returning! Female hairy woodpecker, American robin, and male red-bellied woodpecker (with a snack!) (Submitted by Howard Marshall. February 28, 2022)

Young bald eagles over Merriconeag Sound. (Submitted by Barry Coflan. February 27, 2022)

Ice Pancakes. Such beautiful formations! Ice pancakes start as a frozen, thick layer floating on the surface of the water. More and more ice crystals accumulate as the ice is tossed and spins in the rough current. It is not something I've seen very often. I think this is only the second time in the past ten years. (Submitted by Lynn Knight. February 27, 2022)

Today's entertainment on Orr's Cove was a red-breasted merganser couple. It looks like he wasn't sharing, but maybe a piece came off that she got. She continued to fish. To see a video, check out our facebook group. (Submitted by Gina Snyder. February 24, 2022)

A gaggle of geese. To see a video, check out our facebook group. (Submitted by Reed Stockman. February 20, 2022)

It was nice to see long-tailed ducks on Orr's Cove now that the ice is mostly gone! Loons as well. At first when I saw one of the loons heading toward the female duck I was a little worried (a few years ago I saw a loon go after a pair of eiders) but they just passed each other. To see a video, check out our facebook group. (Submitted by Gina Snyder. February 16, 2022)

The ice is breaking up! I thought for a second that this bufflehead was going to get swept under. (Submitted by Gina Snyder. February 12, 2022)

I love that the eastern bluebirds are landing on my feeder and it looks like they are feeding one another. While the female was looking out, the male seemed to pull strands off the suet and feed it to her. To see a video, check out our facebook group.  (Submitted by Gina Snyder. February 12, 2022)