A bluebird was spotted on the weekend, so I cleaned some of my birdhouse today and I found most of the houses occupied with furry squatters. I evicted many single mice and many houses had pairs of mice too and I imagine some are going to try to rebuilt their nests.
Furry Squatter
The pheasant in my woods has been calling more frequent lately and I scared it into flight when I was walking near my pond. Powerful breast muscles can deliver bursts of power that allow the bird to escape trouble in a hurry by flying nearly vertically into the air and reaching speeds of nearly 40 miles per hour.
Ring-necked Pheasant
It has been a month since I visited Amnicon Falls and I wonder if any ice remains on the river as the warmer winter continues.
Icy Upper Amnicon Falls
The calls of the sandhill cranes overhead today announced more returning birds.
Sandhill Cranes Return
With the unusually warm and almost snow free winter so far, March came in like a lamb as the temperatures climbed into the 50s. Hopefully March goes out like a lamb too and not like a lion with a late March blizzard.
In Like a Lamb
With the low sun angle, my shadow on the beach looked more like the shadow of a lighthouse than me.
Shadow on Beach
Some of the birds are arriving back from the south, like the trumpeter swans. The oldest known Trumpeter Swan was at least 26 years, 2 months old female when she was identified in Wisconsin in 2015.
Swans Arriving Back
The lack of ice on the lake this winter allowed the fishing boats to have a longer season.
Bringing in the Fish
This little drop is upstream from the main waterfall of Twin Falls which flows into a canyon.
Little Drop
The winter cold water of Lost Creek Number One flows downstream after the falls and will merge together with Lost Creek Number Two and Lost Creek Number Three at the Lost Creek Bog as it empties into Lake Superior.
Lost Creek Number One
