Springtime natural happenings
The wintering mergansers have departed for northern climes while cormorants have arrived to fill the diving bird niche. The resident pair of eagles alternate between their nest on the other side of th ...
Sunken hopper barge
Downstream neighbor Dock photographed the wreck yesterday from his kayak. A tugboat babysat the grounded barge overnight. It is our understanding that these barges were northbound from ALLOCCO Recycli ...
Update on the grounded barge
The tug Eastern Dawn just headed upriver with two barges, presumably loaded with what's left of the cargo that was in transit before running afoul of the rocks on Magdalen Island. Meanwhile, the tug C ...
Barge run aground on Magdalen Island
Report from Glasco river observation station, aka our downstream neighbors Dock & Kate: Late last night, around 2AM, Dock & Kate awoke to lights and activity on the southern end of Magdalen Island, ...