Sunday, December 30, 2012
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Friday, November 23, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
11/11/2012
Lots of migrating ducks on the pond. Mostly mallards, a few wood ducks. But what are those whistling noises? I am not very good at identification, but my best guess is that they are pintails in eclipse plumage. I think that's them in the third shot.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Monday, September 3, 2012
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
6/17/2012
Just back from an afternoon kayak trip. Saw the wood duck and her nine ducklings; a great blue heron; a beaver munching on water lilies; dozens of red winged blackbirds; hundreds of blue dashers. The ducklings didn't skitter into the blueberry bushes at the pond edge when I passed. No tail slapping from the beaver. An enormous bullfrog sat a foot from where I landed the kayak, unmoving.
Caught and released a yellow perch. Yesterday a crappie and a small bass. Removed a dozen or so invasive european water chestnuts. Yesterday a pizza box and half a dozen bottles and cans. And restored a small snapping turtle to the pond from the pool skimmer.
Caught and released a yellow perch. Yesterday a crappie and a small bass. Removed a dozen or so invasive european water chestnuts. Yesterday a pizza box and half a dozen bottles and cans. And restored a small snapping turtle to the pond from the pool skimmer.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
5/28/2012
Today's pond report. Last Friday the snapping turtles were out laying eggs. Today the pond is coated with tree pollen.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
2/4/2012
Today's pond report shows the views from the Maple Street culvert, first to the west, showing the beaver lodge, and then to the east:
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
1/30/2012
Came home to another mouse, first in a while. Cold and clear night, dipper to the north, Orion to the southeast, Jupiter hanging below the moon. As I reached the spot where I release the mice, a beaver slapped the pond. A minute later, the ice made that whale-song sound.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
1/28/2012
Edging toward fifty degrees. Rain and a little snow melt and the pond is high. Pruning the suckers off the fruit trees, but I'm not sure they're fully dormant. Today's report:
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
1/15/2012
Apart from an inch of slush last Thursday, still no snow to speak of. Down to six degrees last night. At high noon today a balmy twelve. Today's report:
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
1/7/2012
Fifty-five degrees. Not a usual winter on the pond. Looks like this critter is snacking on a waterlily root, or maybe cattails. Only a glimpse of his tail, but looks like this might be a muskrat, not a beaver?
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