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.

1/29/2012

afternoon pond report:

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:

1/24/2012

morning pond report:

1/22/2011

afternoon pond report:

1/22/2012

today's pond report:

1/21/2012

Snow!

1/16/2012

The pond singing:

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:

1/14/2012

today's pond report:

1/8/2012

today's pond report:

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?

1/2/2012

midday pond report:

1/2/2012

morning pond report:

1/1/2012

evening pond report:

1/1/2012

morning pond report: