Sebasticook River from Clinton’s Old Mill Park to Benton Fall Dam. We had 4 canoes, 1 white water kayak, 2 sea kayaks, one ducky totally 12 paddlers. Water level was near the top of the first granite step. The rapids had big waves and no rocks. We saw one great blue heron, one osprey, one red tail hawk and Canada geese and ducks. We did not see any eagles on this 4.5 miles of the river.
Carried river right. Continued from Benton Falls Dam to Fort Halifax and took out just before we reached the Kennebec River.
Scott Nelson, Lynn Hempen, Laura Wittmann, Michael Wittmann, David Roberts, Elise Moody-Roberts, Deb Harris, Carol Young, Alan Fuller, and 2 other paddlers
We immediately came upon 20 to 30 plus eagles in the trees and flying between the trees on either bank around the first bend in the river. They were all over the place. We probably came across 100 eagles from below the dam to Halifax Part/Kennebec. They are there to feed of the herring migrating up the Sebasticook River. Last year the count of alewives going up the first lift over 6 million. The water is pretty high and early right now to see the alewifes swimming in the river at the dam or downstream.