mother nature reports..
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Mother Nature sited the blue heron on Tuesday, at 4:10 pm flying over the turtle pond. It landed on the northwest corner of the pond and was standing on edge of the little pond the beaver created. Hope it stays around.
Also say the busy beaver on northwest corner of lake opposite the mailboxes. It was bringing and depositing a stick....couldn't see exactly where it was being placed. Perhaps someone from the lake committee might want to do a kayak or canoe venture to that spot to check it out.
Mother Nature
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This week's sightings - the otter playing in the lake , the beaver, muskrats, a pair of ospreys, numerous fisher people and spring peeper (heard).
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Hey Kayak man~ we also heard the spring peepers Monday night (on the way home from half price pizza at Brenda's).
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Okay, I'll bite...what is a Spring Peeper?
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Hi Michael! Here is more than you'll ever want to know about the Spring Peeper:
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/spring-peeper.html
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Hooray! The Hummers and Baltimore Orioles are back. Sited 4/25, two beautiful Ruby Throated Hummingbirds at my feeders. Sited this morning, 4/27 an oriole trying to get some sugar water from the hummer feeder. I promptly put out the oriole feeder with sugar water and a half of an orange with a few segments filled with grape jelly. Waited to see how long it would take the oriole to find it....only one hour! So, fellow Alpinites, if you don't already have your feeders out, please do get them out now. Our beautiful visitors have very few flowering plants blooming now from which to get their nectar. They will appreciate your sweet and necessary food offerings. Good luck.
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Update on Alpine Lake birding - Saturday, May 3 - two more species have appeared at our feeding stations. The rose breasted grosbeak has arrived and seems to enjoy both the seeds and nuts we put in the feeder tray and also picking up the dropped seeds from the black oil seed feeder. The indigo bunting showed up today at the goldfinch thistle feeder. At one moment, we had the male and female cardinals at the suet block, the oriole at the orange and grape jelly feeder, the indigo bunting and several goldfinch at their feeder tube and a downy woodpecker climbing up the nearby tree. And I don't really know how many species of wrens and sparrows were in the area, but the bird songs were robust and wonderful. Happy birding!
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Very exciting sighting today, Sunday. Three female red breasted Mergansers. What is exciting is that the Audubon book states that it doesn't usually come this far south. It mainly breeds in the northern Great Lakes area. Don't know if they were just passing through or may stay awhile. However, I did not see any males.
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