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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Sunday, March 17, 2013

SKUNK CABBAGE

Last week, Linda & I were out walking Blake and crossed over the place where the creek that enters Stearns Millpond crosses Moore Road. We noted that on the right, just after the culvert, there was a spot where there was no snow, even though there were several inches of snow elsewhere.  We also noted that there was skunk cabbage peaking up through the ground.  "Peculiar; I wonder why."

 Today, while enjoying my Sunday comics ritual, I read Mark Trail (often really interesting nature information!) and it said, "Skunk cabbages can also generate their own heat of up to 59-95 degrees Fahrenheit above air temperature to melt through frozen ground."  Question answered!!


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