Sunset
September 12, 2009
A September sunset
Beautiful.
Dragonflies in flight
September 12, 2009
My husband and I sat and watched these dragonflies prowl the canoe landing for late-season moquitoes. We also heard a loon call. I wonder how long it will be before they leave Spearhead. I hope we have more evenings like this.
Otter Signs
September 10, 2009
We took a hike to the north end of Spearhead Lake today. When we crossed the “otter bridge,” behold – we saw signs of otters. The bridge was dubbed the “otter bridge” by Dan Bera, who runs the Young Naturalist Program here in the summer. I never saw signs that otters were using the bridge until today. Okay, they may not really be using the bridge, but they’re around.
The scat is interesting and a classic example of what otter scat looks like. It’s clumpy and looks like hundreds of egg shell particles are on top. It also has a red hue to it. The white particles are bits of digested crayfish chunks. The red is also from the crayfish pigments. They must eat a lot of crayfish here – there was a lot of scat!
Otter scat found along the shore of Spearhead Lake
Beautiful Spearhead Lake
May 5, 2009
Spearhead Lake on May 4, 2009. The lake was so incredibly calm I knew it was the perfect morning for kayaking!
A loon takes off from the early morning water
Happy Earth Day! Welcome back loons!
April 23, 2009
We were impressed to find half the ice melted overnight yesterday, but even more surprised when we found our loon pair had returned!
We watched one of the loon pairs from our canoe
