OK, back to MAINE birds after this . . . But, I thought I'd share the pictorial highlights from our trip . . . Enjoy . . . .

The Cat, heading to Nova Scotia, 10/3/06

Cape Forchu from the Cat:

Cape Forchu, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia:

Mavillette Beach Park:

Just a few gulls were at Mateghan:

North America's largest and oldest wooden church, Church Point. Notice Jeannette standing in front of the door on the lower right side of the building.

Northern Point, Brier Island, at dawn on 10/4.

Northern Point Light.

The northwestern shore of Brier Island.

A Brier Island resident.

Jeannette studies a flock.

Our Inn on Brier Island. We stayed at only B&B's (essentially the only options) while on the mainland.

Hawkwatching from Lighthouse Hill.

Pond Cove, Brier Island's southern shoreline.

Western Point, Brier Island.

A view of Westport, on Brier Island, from Freeport, on Long Island, 10/5

Freeport - No LL Bean here!

A tempest brews on the Bay of Fundy, from Central Grove Park on Long Island.

The Balancing Rock Trail.

The Balancing Rock.

The not-so balancing rock.

Back on the French Shore of the mainland. I think that this is Gilbert's Point.

Our new - and favorite - word of the trip, barachois (pronounced bar-a-schwah). A Barachois is a natural berm of wave-tossed rocks. This is a barachois pond at Point de Major.