Guide to Bob Arnebeck's 2006 Journal

January 2 - 8

chickadee feasting on a deer skull; otter slides on South Bay; beavers still foraging despite the ice

 

January 9 - 17

otter trackings on island and land; evidence of beavers out on ice; porcupine activity

 

January 19 - 25

beavers observed; thaw; otters slides on ice

 

January 26 - February 1

beavers; porcupine; deer carcass

 

February 2 -7

mink attacks muskrat; dead porcupine; beavers out

 

February 8 - 14

porcupines; a little show; beavers still out

 

February 15 - 26

otters back; porcupines

 

February 27 - March 3

good otter tracking; and tracking other animals in snow

 

March 4 - 8

see otters on our land; good tracking on island, on river

 

March 10 - 17

thaw; beavers out and active again; otter signs, mostly fresh scats

 

March 19 - 26

geese return; ducks in beaver ponds; sap running; moss blossoms

 

March 27 - March 31

birds; turtles; water bugs; beavers repair dams; muskrats; perplexity over scats

 

April 1 -5

beavers scent mounds; wood frog eggs; snakes;

 

April 10 - 15

hepatica; otter sightings; nesting geese

 

April 17 - 23

bloodroots; otter scats; beaver lumbering; frogs; otter sighting

 

April 24 - 30

muskrats; more flowers; scats; beaver work

 

May 2 - 7

tent caterpilars; trilliums; muskrats; beavers; swallows

 

May 8 -18

otter scent mounds; muskrats; beaver lumbering; butterflies; bugs

 

May 19 - 25

beaver lodge repairs; otter scats; muskrat battles

 

May 26 - 31

water snake; muskrat activity; frogs; nesting birds

 

June 1 - 7

fawns; beavers; rocks; blue flag iris

 

June 10 - 13

irises; goslings; ducklings; flowering shrubs; scats

 

June 17 - 24

turtle eggs; osprey; otter sighting; beavers

 

June 26 - 29

milkweed; fledges; beaver lumbering

July 2 - 7

spotted salamander; scats; search for otters; ponds choked with grasses; flicker fledge

 

July 8 - 19

raccoons; beavers; blooms; geese and goslings

 

July 23 - 30

many monarch butterflies; beavers; new beaver pond; flowers and insects

 

August 2 - 10

button bush blooms; berries; cardinal flower; doe and fawn; water snakes; scats; bat

 

August 13 - 20

hummingbird moth; beaver work along bay; asters

August 21 - 26

beavers survive dry spell; refurbished lodges; snakes; frogs; whirligig beetles

 

August 29 - 31

Bug fresh scat; groundhog; black snake; beaver harvesting, muddy canals; waterlily blooms

 

September 1 - 8

remains of a bullhead meal; flowers; porcupine; bryozoa "seeds"; iris seeds

 

September 9 - 15

baby beavers; sneeze weed; bucks; juicy otter scats

 

September 19 - 24

sawfly larva; beavers harvest; snakes; mushrooms

 

September 25 - 30

closed gentians; raccoons in water; juicy scats; asters; rainbows

 

October 2 - 8

otters sightings; ravens; snake; beaver harvest; mushrooms

 

October 10 - 16

beaver work; otter scats

 

October 18 - 30

otters; beavers; major beaver work; porcupine; alders

 

November 1 - 7

up close with beavers; otter scats; rocks

 

November 8 - 13

otters; beavers and muskrats in same pond; muskrats playing; dead turtle

 

November 27 - 30

Picton otter latrine; beaver work; old scats; muskrats

 

December 2 - 9

otter; beaver work; ice and snow; coyote tracks

 

December 11 - 18

swimming coyote; beavers close-up; otter scats; thaw

 

December 20 - 22

rocks; otter scats; deer; beaver work

 

December 28 - 31

beaver ice trail; eagles; snow; fisher tracks; beaver work

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