Wetland wanders led to some observations. It's a good time to be out there, since the mosquito larvae are close to leaving the water. Close but no cigar!
Things are moving along.
P.S. We had our first hummingbird yesterday. 'Film and news at 11!'
Barry has been harvesting the Aspen.
It is teeming with life!
The blue line in my graphic shows the deepest water ↑. What Barry is doing is pushing mud up from the bottom of these little canals, to make it deeper. (I assume!)
This trailcam yielded only one video.
Barry has been renovating the wetland. It's not very deep, and it is evaporating, going into the groundwater, and disappearing quickly. He is living in a little bay, I'll call it, which is an ingress into the land.
Here he is Nov. 25th, 2025:
This trailcam yielded only one video.
I've since moved it, but two days in a row there was a bug that looks like a firefly.
Barry is as busy as a beaver. Triple B’s there.
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteBusy Barry! YAM xx
Barry has been chopping a lot of wood.
ReplyDeleteBarry is so industrious after his long winter nap. He is so fun to watch. Mosquitos, ugh!
ReplyDeleteWe have had one, or maybe two, males for about five days now. I luckily had the feeder up, because I have an interactive map that showed a few on this side of the lake. The feeder level has gone down a lot, so I am leaning toward thinking two ... and putting up the second feeder. I feel confident in leaving the nectar for up to five days when it is this cool and too early in the season for the feeder holes to have to be cleared of black fuzz.
ReplyDeleteBarry is so diligent.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter has lots of ticks at her place in Maberly. How about you?
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad there isn't a running source of water for Barry. Do you think he'll stick around when the pond dries up? What would he eat? I wonder what he eats now, actually!
ReplyDelete...is it possible to enjoy wetlands without mosquitos?
ReplyDeleteBarry certainly keeps busy!
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Barry is a busy beaver!
ReplyDeleteTake care, enjoy your day and the new week ahead.
Busy Barry
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