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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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

OF KATYDIDS AND BULLFROGS

Two critters I feel I'll never be able to photograph!  They are too elusive.  How many of you have actually seen either the bullfrog or the katydid??  Heard them, sure, but seen them?  For your edification, I've found two pictures:
from Encyclopedia Britannica online

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/bullfrog.htm
Hmm... they kinda look alike!

 Anyway, what brought me to this is that the katydids are singing at night now, joining the bullfrog chorus. The acorns have started to fall, and I even see some red leaves on the dogwood tree.  I guess fall is coming. Where did the summer go? 

We've been gone, so although we've paddled, I haven't been on our pond much.   Here in the center, the pond is kind of scummy.  I assume that upstream, the water chestnuts are still matted across the width of the  pond.  Hopefully the harvester will start work soon!

Has anyone seen the otters?
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