#phippsburg

[aestum]

(by Evan Leith)

[jadafitch]

Pond Island Light, Kennebec River, Phippsburg, Maine. Until 1937, Pond Island hosted a colony of terns, but the growing gull population forced them to clear out. In 1960, when the light became automated, all the buildings, except the tower were removed. In '73 Care of the island was transferred from the Coast Guard to Fish and Wildlife to be re-established as a tern colony. Thanks to the help of National Audubon, tern decoys and calls were deployed, gull nests removed, and finally in '99 the first common tern chick in over 60 years hatched. Then in 2003, Pond Island recorded its first successful breeding pair of endangered roseate terns.

[heatherannchristie]

[fuckyeahtravelphotos]

Letters and postcards in an old lobster shack, summer, Phippsburg, Maine.

[gbiechele]

Passages

Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 58mm f/1.4 lens

SonyA7

[theladytumbledown]

Greetings from Phippsburg, ME

[digitalrailartist]

Denver & Rio Grande Western EMD F7 5631 by Craig Garver Via Flickr: Denver & Rio Grande Western EMD F7 5631 at Phippsburg, Colorado, March 2, 1968. Photographer: Ed Fulcomer. Scanned from a 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 negative owned by Digital Rail Artist. This unit was built as D&RGW 563A in July, 1949, and was renumber 5631 in February, 1950. It was retired in May, 1969, and traded in to EMD on an order of GP40's.

[daysinayear2015]

Day 364: December 29, 2020

Waiting for the moon to rise on a very cold and windy evening at Bates-Morse. Phippsburg, ME.