9/25/2011

pond report:

there are one hundred thirty-seven pond reports

on my YouTube site:

http://www.youtube.com/user/moviegarden?feature=mhee#g/u

today's pond report

Today's pond report was delayed by a graphics card glitch and a trip to the Apple store, where I learned that my 2005 Powermac G5 is now a "vintage computer" that Apple will no longer repair.  Fortunately the gentle shaking between the parking lot and the Apple store seems to have lulled the graphics card into submission for the time being.  

today's pond report

And a sequence I deleted from the 6/12/2011 report:

Until I recorded this and did some research, it never occurred to me to wonder how birds keep their nests clean.  The newborn robins' waste is sealed in a membrane.  When they are very young it is eaten.  When they are older it is removed and dropped away from the nest.  Only newborn birds produce the membrane.

What is The Pond Report?

Me with my video camera paying attention to the pond.  And sometimes other things near the pond.

Some disclaimers:

I am not a naturalist.  Any identification of a bird or other creature should be viewed with skepticism.

And the pond is, maybe, not natural.  It was created (in the late 1920's I think) by damming a brook.

You should also know that I am not above misleading you.  For example, I cut this out of yesterday evening's report:

The pond crosses under the street through a culvert.

evening pond report (with mosquitos)