Yesterday afternoon was cool and breezy with lots of sun. Argy and I launched the Lund Alaskan and made the first trip of 2013 through the stretch of river into Round Pond. It really was too chilly to linger but the first trip of the season is now behind us. Our most interesting sighting was a goose sitting on a nest on top of a beaver lodge making every effort to hide while right out in the open.
As a guide I am usually the only person of any perceived authority that folks know to contact about their wildlife sightings. In the last few days I have had three interesting bobcat sightings reported to me. First a farmer from Warren reported that a rabbit crossed the lawn with an adult bobcat in hot pursuit one morning last week, the most interesting part of that story was that there were several folks standing in the barn to watch the show. Both critters were still running when last in sight so I have nothing to report on the outcome of the chase.
You have to admit that only in Maine could you have a moose calling championship. Held for the first time this year the event was held in conjunction with the annual drawing of moose hunting permits in Oquossic.
This is a great interview about the event from National Public Radio the morning of the event, Roger Lambert is a personal friend and was a member of the Maine Professional Guides Association Board of Directors until April.
