From My Chair

April 10, 2008
As I sit here watching the evening news waiting for spring to start I thing about all the wildlife I have seen from my chair. Most guys have a there chairs in front of the T.V. Well from my chair I can see the lake as well as the area in front of cabins #2, #3, and #11. On the land I have seen flying squirrels, red squirrels, and chipmunks. Twice a fox came along. In the spring the snow shoe male rabbit is chasing the female for guess what. Morning doves and partridges ravens and crows. The ravens are the only ones that stay here all winter. The only way to tell the difference is that ravens will sore when flying and crows do not sore. I have seen weasels in the summer coat and in the winter coat, all white with a black tip on the tail (ermines). On the lake, the great blue Herron will stand on the dock to hunt for small fish. When the lake ice is starting to melt the flock of common Mergansers and dive from the ice into open water to fish. I believe that they stay here while they are on their way north. I saw an Osprey hit the water and grab a fish. In the fall the there may be hundreds of common Golden Eyes appear on their way south. Beavers are fairly common and the beaver may be well liked by many but, in the north not so much. There is a beaver pond that will cause our road to flood in the spring. A beaver dropped an aspen tree near to cabin #1. That tree landed on the roof of the cabin. Other critters that I have seen from my chair are raccoons. They don’t do any damage like beavers but, they like to get into the trash cans and make a mess.