Friday, June 17, 2011

Quoddy Head State Park - 2 lifers!

Wednesday: On our second day at the coast we got up early and headed to the Edmunds Division of Moosehorn NWR that Carolyn had told us about. We hiked in for a while but it was really starting to rain so we decided we would come back some other time. We then headed over to Quoddy Head State Park. There is a beautiful lighthouse there. The visitor center didn’t open till 10:00 am. So we waited around and took pictures for about 30 minutes. It was really starting to rain and get ugly!

We did get 2 lifers - Common Eider and Black Guillemot


Common Eider - digiscoped with my little camera

Quoddy Head State Park is located in Lubec, Maine, on the eastern-most point of land in the United States.

[Offshore, the Bay of Fundy formed along the Fundy Fault, as Europe broke away from North America, and the Atlantic Ocean opened about 200 million years ago. Strong tidal currents between West Quoddy Head and Campobello Island drive what is said to be the largest whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.]



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3 comments:

  1. juleesing1June 17, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    Hey, that's where we stayed the first time we went to Maine! We have pictures of that lighthouse! Very pretty area. Well worth taking a drive along the coast, if you have time. The coast has a lot of picturesque villages and boat docks, with old-fashioned looking sailing boats. Also, a lot of old churches and cemetaries. Plus the water, of course!

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  2. Mark & TeriJune 17, 2011 at 2:33 PM

    We plan on going back when it's not raining (if it ever quits raining).
    We really liked the area.
    Teri

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  3. juleesing1June 17, 2011 at 9:15 PM

    Chris swore when you posted blog pics we'd been there, but I didn't think we had. Is there a blog in Lubec near the lighthouse? If so, I'm pretty sure that's the blog we went to. I don't have any electronic pics of that vacation -- will have to scan them or get them converted from the negatives in order to look at them again.

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