by Roger Talbot | Oct 6, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for October 13, 2017 It was raining the morning of a recent Ipswich River Water Association’s bird walk. [pullquote]” Several coopers hawks, a sharp-shinned hawk, a Merlin, a peregrine falcon, two harriers, a red...
by Roger Talbot | Oct 3, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for October 6, 2017 Middleton Stream Teamer Leon Rubchinuk’s raffle ticket drawn at the Ipswich River Watershed Association 40th birthday celebration won him a new canoe. Generous Leon offered its use to fellow members....
by Roger Talbot | Sep 24, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for September 29, 2017 The Parker River flows between the Merrimack and Ipswich rivers as it meanders fifteen miles from Groveland to Plum Island Sound. [pullquote]”Humans have paddled these waters for 10,000 years. They’ll...
by Roger Talbot | Sep 15, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for September 22, 2017 Historic Portsmouth, a small city with a great seaport, is less than an hour north of Middleton via an asphalt river that flows from the now suffering Keyes up into Maine. [pullquote]”Beneath the water...
by Roger Talbot | Sep 8, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for September 15, 2017 Naturalist Fred Gralenski in far off Pembroke, Maine, has been sending the Middleton Stream Team his bimonthly, Quoddy Nature Notes, for over a decade. Below is a column from long ago, repeated recently, about hummingbirds....
by Roger Talbot | Sep 2, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for September 8, 2017 On a fine August Sunday afternoon, 11 paddlers in four kayaks and three canoes put in on a half-tide ebb at the end of Island Road in Essex. [pullquote]”Soft shelled clams, razor clams and an occasional...
