What have YOU seen?

Hey, all of you Stearns Mill Pond denizens and users, what have YOU seen on the pond or brook? Contribute your info - what great sightings, what birds, what animals, what sad things, what changes (good and bad), what wonderful moments have there been? Let's share what we know and love about our pond.
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Saturday, January 5, 2013

POND ICES OVER

The temps were in the lower single digits when I took Blake out for his morning walk (about 5:30 AM) on Thursday, January 3.  It was the first day that the pond was totally frozen over with no soft ice and no water around the edges.  Later in the afternoon, I went out to follow the tracks, which I think are fox, and see if the fox is using the den by the pond.  Didn't see any tracks to or from that area, but had fun following to and fro.  One part looked like the fox must have been chasing something as it kept weaving in and out, but I didn't see any other tracks of the prey.

 There is a very odd set of tracks in our yard, longish with no foot prints showing and spaced about 5 feet apart - looks like someone was running and leaping.  Unfortunately, this was 4 days after the snow, so much of the clarity is gone.

 The ice looked odd -- there were circles (crop circles?) textured into the ice.  You can kind of see it in the picture.
Swirls in the ice
(The stream bed that looks like running water is actually iced over)
Nice to be out around the pond today.  :-)
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