J.K.M. Tuesday, July 4. At the Kennebunk blueberry plains, the blueberries are beginning to ripen. Enough for muffins, but not for a pie, can be picked easily. An occasional orange wood lily holds its face up among the blueberry bushes. There are no black flies.
Deer ticks are around.
Valley Cove trails open by Anne Kozak Bar Harbor Times, vol. Rare peregrine falcon chicks here have taken wing. On June 21, a male chick at the Precipice fledged, and the two females followed suit on June 24. While spotters have confirmed that one chick at Jordan Cliffs fledged on June 22, resource management specialist Bruce Connery assumes the other two have also fledged, but persistent morning fog has prevented spotters from confirming this. This, said Mr. Connery, is a positive sign that the pair will attempt to nest there again next year.