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The Vinalhaven Sightings Report is organized and edited by Kirk Gentalen on behalf of Vinalhaven Land Trust and Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Out and about on Vinalhaven, MCHT steward Kirk Gentalen reports on what he and others have seen in their travels. Contributions of stories and photos are welcome, and can be sent to vinalhavensightings@gmail.com.




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Friday, January 14, 2022

 



Welcome to the Vinalhaven Sightings Report – January 13 2022

 

A quick update…..’and after all that’….

 

Rescheduling the tracking walk - Looks pretty cold for Saturday morning, and windy too. Forecasted temperature for 9am (aka ‘showtime’) is 3 degrees with 20+ mph winds. While we (the royal ‘we’) will likely be outside at that time, it doesn’t sound like an even moderately comfortable time to be on Lane’s. Sooooooooooooooo

 







We are moving the tracking walk to January 29th – two weeks down the road when undoubtedly the weather will be ‘better’!?! Well, its likely to be more comfortable. We have Feb 5 (dad’s b-day) as a final, last resort/chance back up.

 


Okay – a photo and a couple of videos of predacious diving beetle larvae I took through the ice today (yesterday) on the marsh out back behind where I live in St George. the bottom one is of a larvae eating a caddisfly larvae - larvae eating larvae!

 


They call it the marsh. Hope the videos work!

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