[Journal entry for August 27, 2016; Curtis Cove, Harpswell Maine] Dallas and I walked to Curtis Cove in the morning. We parked off Basin Cove Road, by the salt marsh, and walked down to the water’s edge for a few minutes. The tide was pretty low in Basin Cove and much of the mud flat was exposed. We viewed the little pond on the other side of the road. It’s rather eutrophied with yellow-green algae. We startled a Great Blue Heron and were treated to a good look at its wings as it flew to the other side of the pond. We then took a trail through damp conifer woods Curtis Cove. It is a pretty cove on the Middle Bay side of Harpswell Neck, and command a good view of Upper and Lower Goose Islands. The beach is coblely with with patches of Spartina alternaflora. We walked north as far as a neighbor’s dock, and south as far as a very large granitic glacial erratic boulder. The bedrock here is the typical Harpswell phyllite, with poorly-preserved glacial scratches here and there. We returned to the trail system and took it to uphill to William’s Field, a large open area of grass and wildflowers. We then walked Harpswell Neck Road and Basin Cove Road back to the car, passing a garden with large sunflowers along the way. 1:30.