Chickadee in the sun
bogs
Spring cleaning chickadee
A chickadee exits the nest with a mouthful of wood. He flies to a nearby branch and spits out the scrapings.
Springtime downy
The downy woodpeckers are finally showing up around the far bog. In fact, the birds are slowly returning after our Maineiac spring of 2018. Last Wednesday was ice out on the big pond near our house. Tonight, the last snow will melt away from our back yard.
Ducks waiting for Spring
The ducks and geese are gathering along river, stream, and pond shorelines. Ice out is still in the future and open water is appearing only slowly.
More beaver work
With ice covering the entire bog, it is difficult to see where the beavers enter or exit the water to do their work, but their work effort is quite obvious.
Checkpoint Beaver
On our first visit down to the far bog in several weeks, we found the beavers have accelerated winter preparations. It looks like a race between the beavers and the snow mobile trail maintenance crew is in process.
Getting ready for winter
We found some time in this late fall, daylight challenged time to recon the far bog. We are encouraged by these beaver-customized trees near the beaver den. After a summer of extreme drought, we have been apprehensive about the impact on our beaver neighbors.
Sunset walk along the bog
Walking along the trail just west of the beaver bog in mid-October.
Goldfinch in the bog
Frog in the duck weed
The far bog has been completely filled with what I call duck weed. The frogs seem to like it but I have seen fewer ducks this year at this spot.
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