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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, October 31, 2025

 


Welcome to the Vinalhaven Sightings (teaser’) Report

October 31st, 2025

VLT and MCHT supported!

 

Happy and Safe Halloween!

 






Highlights – Views and Milkweed.


PSA - Photo gallery presentation

Feel free to click on the photos and roll






Business – Wear Orange silly!

 

Do your part to not get shot!




can you feel how orange this
False Chanterelle is?


 

Slap some orange on people, there are worse habits and hunting with guns kicks in next week.  

 




Contact us – as you can/are about to see, we gladly except photos of views and sunsets (sunrises are better – both in general and in all ways) and milkweed! So, send em in – vinalhavensightings@gmail.com –

 

And here’s a preemptive thanks to you!

 





Sightings - The story here –

 

So, while putting together the upcoming VSR – jam packed with stuff, will be posted soon…

 






… we (the royal ‘we’) realized/saw/couldn’t avoid the fact that we got more photos than we can legally put into one post.

 

Sooooooooo…

 





In honor of Halloween - this teaser, mini-VSR is being sent out with (mostly) black and white photos.

 

Keeping it simple – bare bones kind of thing here.

 







That’s right, nice views made nicer by removing all those distracting colors (bleh!!!). And videos too!

 

Gannet 'over' ferry

B/W Photos are from ferry rides,

 











A boat ride I took from the Thorofare to Seal Bay (and back! I survived!)

 















State Beach

 
















The Reach

 








Lanes










And the Milkweed (10/27) is along the Poor Farm Road.

 









Some are B/W, 
















some are not.

 









These Milkweed are along the poor farm road. Here are some clips of them blowing in the breeze.



 

 









See you in a couple of days! Okay and cool – will get the official, real, usual VSR posted soon – this weekend in the goal, so be on the lookout for that one. Should be substantially meaty.

 and here's a look at Frank's food dance



 See you out there!

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