The migration season is clearly phasing down on Hideaway pond. During each of the last two days, a pair of mallards has dropped by to spend the night in the tall weeds at the back of the pond. They’ve left in early morning to catch the avian highway to Canada. A pair of geese splashed down yesterday and explored the island before taking flight again and heading northward. And a solitary goose has been making frequent visits to the island. It spends most of its time in the vicinity of the nest that was destroyed by predators earlier this spring. The mourning female goose? Probably. It has returned after earlier loss of its mate. It will no doubt follow its avian sisters north and find a new mate.There will be a few more water birds passing through, but we’ll soon see the last of them. With the arrival of autumn they’ll pass through in the opposite direction.
A black, wind driven spring storm raced across the area yesterday. And a small herd of deer ran through the yard, panicked by the loud thunder and crackling flashes of branch lightning that arrived with it.
But Mother Nature wastes no time. She was playing her tricks again today. Just as the water birds were phasing out she sent in the bears. One, anyway–for now. As we were sitting on the porch this afternoon, my lovely bride suddenly shook me from my usual torpor by grabbing my shoulder and pointing, bug eyed at–a bear. It was about 15 feet behind her next to the deck. He clearly had the bird feeder in mind. She followed his outside path from inside the house and banged on the window when he reached the feeder. He took off, past the porch where I was located. Then he turned back, clearly heading for the feeder again. I yelled to Shari that he was circling back, but she had the feeder in by that time. He eventually wandered away, rounded the ledge and turned up the mountain into the woods. Totally despondent.
He”ll be back. With his pals and their families. Word is now out among the woods critters of Overlook Mountain. Free food at Hideaway Pond
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