Sightings
🔎 turtle log has temporarily become muskrat log
🔎 before picture:
Right now it’s a little foggy and breezy and ice is melting.
Later, we expect more rain, then ice, then snow, then wind.
I couldn’t quite capture the fog rolling off the pond, but this was still a nice moment. 🔎
🔎 Hal (our local belted kingfisher) is really making his displeasure known about my spouse’s work cutting back invasive honeysuckle, my nibling’s work walking the dogs, and my grilling.
His rattling is very loud as he flits to spots around the pond to stop and declare concern.
First snowy day, but these little guys are still having a good time. 🔎🐦
🔎❄️ First of the year.
🔎🐝 Yummy Jewelweed. (With bonus 🐢)
Extra cool because I’m told these compete with poison ivy.
🔎 Ants may have destroyed my trailcam battery. This was not a plot twist that I had ever imagined.
🔎 Really good reptile day. There are again many turtles sunning on branches. I’ve seen 7 five-lined skinks, including the tiniest I’ve ever seen, the biggest I’ve ever seen (no longer with any blue), and 3 all at about the same time, each with incredibly vivid blue!
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New record: I can currently 🔎 see 13 🐢 and 1 🐍.
My spouse and I saw belted kingfishers at the same time today, thousands of miles apart. 🔎
🔎 these lil’guys are pretty cool
When they notice movement they slide off like a synchronized swimming team. 🔎
Glad we decided to call it simply “Heron Haven”, because even though we’ve had tons of Great Blue Heron activity, we’re now seeing the smaller Green Heron quite a bit, too 🔎
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Becoming a 1st level ranger 🎲 and sleuthing around 🔎
Two little audio stories from today’s adventures.
Mulberries are coming in heavy right now.
Many more to pick, if you want to.
🔍 Took another kayak on the creek. Can’t get too far in either direction with the current water level, but confirmed we have tons of crawdads and mussels. Saw a cool huge turtle shell.
Also figured out the sneks (common watersnakes) like to hang out on the beech & sycamore roots.