RECENT SIGHTINGS

Haven't been out and down by the pond much in the last couple of weeks - hope that will change!  But, it is gorgeous from in the house, up here on the hill.  A few recent sightings: 

• Carol D saw a beaver sitting on the ice eating yesterday morning.  We are in the mid-section of the pond.  I think I might have seen it again this AM, but couldn't get my binocs on it quickly enough to be sure.
• Both Carol D and Linda & I saw an adult fox go through our yards a few days ago and then Linda & I saw a young one today in our yard, then it went down and sat down to look a the pond for a while.  Meanwhile, Blake (our dog) went crazy and I think the fox heard it as it passed through our yard, down the driveway and down the street - I think it lives across the street in the hollow.  I saw tracks in the snow after the Dec. 3rd snow that crossed the street from our house and went down into the hollow.  That is where the den was a couple years ago.  The youngster this morning had a lighter colored back right foot - the others were black, but this one more mottled and grey or white.
• Carol S said that she saw two kits playing in her yard after the November snow (8th or so?)  Probably one of them was the one we saw today.  
• The great blue heron is not a regular visitor right now, but I saw it on our landing a couple days ago.  But, I also saw one sitting on the ball field over by the Fairbank Center!!  Ummm... the ball field?  Baseball season is over!
• Lots of black ducks around still
• The muskrats are very busy going back and forth in the morning and evening - sometimes mid-day.  

Always interesting around here!!