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Video: Wasps 2020-04-12

Something to avoid on the water.

[Wasp nest]
Wasp nest

As good a video as I could get, since I didn’t want to get any closer: https://youtu.be/ezt2ksMwz8I.

Stay tuned for great blue herons and a red-bellied woodpecker.

-jsq

Icy Pond 2018-01-03

Snowmaggeddon was a good day to stay off the roads, so I took a kayak on our pond. Saw buzzards, heard some ducks and probably a beaver. Lots of plants looking very strange.

Icy boats, Put-in

Icy boats, Put-in

Ice on pond, Put-in
Ice on pond, Put-in

Clear spot under log, Put-in
Clear spot under log, Put-in

Frozen, Put-in
Frozen, Put-in

Movie: Ice breaker (18M), Starting out

Movie: Ice breaker (18M), Starting out
video

Movie: Ice floe (21M), Starting out
Movie: Ice floe (21M), Starting out
video

Gretchen on shore, Starting out
Gretchen on shore, Starting out

Ice leaf, Starting out
Ice leaf, Starting out

Ice, clear, snow, The pond

Ice, clear, snow, The pond

Snow behind, The pond
Snow behind, The pond

Ice floe, The pond
Ice floe, The pond

Two ice, The pond
Two ice, The pond

More ice ahead, The pond
More ice ahead, The pond

Ice on top, Floating bottom

Ice on top, Floating bottom

Various plants, Floating bottom
Various plants, Floating bottom

Tree limbs, Floating bottom
Tree limbs, Floating bottom

Snow drift, Floating bottom
Snow drift, Floating bottom

Frozen, Floating bottom
Frozen, Floating bottom

Siberia, Floating bottom
Siberia, Floating bottom

Detail, Floating bottom
Detail, Floating bottom

Grass, Floating bottom
Grass, Floating bottom

Heron tree, Floating bottom
Heron tree, Floating bottom

Lily pads, Floating bottom

Lily pads, Floating bottom

Slant tree, East Shore

Slant tree, East Shore

Mistletoe, East Shore
Mistletoe, East Shore

Ice mistletoe, East Shore
Ice mistletoe, East Shore

Slant to mistletoe, East Shore
Slant to mistletoe, East Shore

Spanish moss, Center

Spanish moss, Center

Water colors, Center
Water colors, Center

Ice and fluff, Center
Ice and fluff, Center

Ice tuft water, Center
Ice tuft water, Center

Floating bottom edge, Center
Floating bottom edge, Center

Lily and bladderwort, Center
Lily and bladderwort, Center

Lily pads, Center

Lily pads, Center

Near and far, Center
Near and far, Center

Old dam, Beaver houses

Old dam, Beaver houses

Movie: Wind and ice (16M), Beaver houses
Movie: Wind and ice (16M), Beaver houses
Video

Beaver mansions, Beaver houses
Beaver mansions, Beaver houses

Closer, Beaver houses
Closer, Beaver houses

Closeup, Beaver houses
Closeup, Beaver houses

Lily with ice, Between dams

Lily with ice, Between dams

Movie: Icy beaver dam (20M), Between dams
Movie: Icy beaver dam (20M), Between dams
Video

More ice below, Between dams
More ice below, Between dams

Along the beaver dam, Between dams
Along the beaver dam, Between dams

Sky, Between dams
Sky, Between dams

Shiny ice, Between dams
Shiny ice, Between dams

Shiny shore, Between dams
Shiny shore, Between dams

Ripples, Catface

Ripples, Catface

Paddle and shore, Catface
Paddle and shore, Catface

Shore, Catface
Shore, Catface

Way out, Turn back

Way out, Turn back

Lily ice, Turn back
Lily ice, Turn back

Lily, Turn back
Lily, Turn back

Ice, Turn back
Ice, Turn back

Reflecting, Big beaver house

Reflecting, Big beaver house

With banana boat for scale, Big beaver house
With banana boat for scale, Big beaver house

East slope, Big beaver house
East slope, Big beaver house

Top, Big beaver house
Top, Big beaver house

Point with paddle, Yellow jessamine

Point with paddle, Yellow jessamine

Two flowers, Yellow jessamine
Two flowers, Yellow jessamine

Beaver house, jessamine, Yellow jessamine
Beaver house, jessamine, Yellow jessamine

Lily pads, East shore

Lily pads, East shore

Ice, East shore
Ice, East shore

Ice encroaching on lily pads, East shore
Ice encroaching on lily pads, East shore

Ice pad closeup, East shore
Ice pad closeup, East shore

Across the ice, West shore

Across the ice, West shore

Cypress, Northwards

Cypress, Northwards

Cypress portrait, Northwards
Cypress portrait, Northwards

Far shore, Northwards
Far shore, Northwards

Video playlist.

-jsq

Cottonmouth moccasin v Yellow Dog and Brown Dog @ OPF 2016-11-29

At the far side of the pond, Yellow Dog spotted a moccasin before anybody else. The small but deadly Agkistrodon piscivorus didn’t stand a chance against the pair of experienced snake wranglers, Yellow Dog and Brown Dog.

Can you see the snake? (Tail, lower left)

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