Alewives
haiku by Kristen Lindquist
A friend and I visited the historic fish ladder in Damariscotta Mills this morning at high tide and then again this afternoon at low tide. We were mesmerized by the undulating masses of thousands of fish, as they struggled past the gauntlet of gulls up the watery staircase and through a mill pond to eventually reach their spawning grounds in Damariscotta Lake.
Alewives head upstream
in swirling fin mandalas–
oh, to be that sure.
Comments
Very nice! I should take the kids down to see them I bet they would love it!
Truly, it’s quite the sight, Rabid!
Alewife days are coming up soon in Benton. You should check it out.
Thanks for the head’s up, Derek!
Check out the Alewive Harvester of Maine facebook page for some great pictures of some of Maine’s harvest sites. (Benton, Webber Pond etc.) Benton may be the biggest harvest site this year.
Heading right over to connect The Maine to this page on facebook now, Cheryl. I’ll see what I can post from Benton in the upcoming week or two!