Big Changes Around Sand Mountain
We haven’t been posting much this summer, but that’s not because we’ve lost interest in Sand Mountain. We continue to have adventures there — mostly in and around the water. There are plenty of fish, and we’ve also discovered LEECHES, which some of us find terrifying. There are frogs of every size and shape, and
Near Miss
We’re still learning about wildlife camera technique. Because we started out in winter, there were many more options for places to post a camera. But now, the plants have leafed out in every direction, so it’s hard to find a place where there’s a view, but not waving tree branches that will fill up memory
Muskrat
Hello! We haven’t posted in a while, but we’ve been spending lots of time at Sand Mountain — catching fish and frogs, mostly. We’ve had some wildlife camera troubles, so don’t have much interesting footage for you — unless you enjoy watching tree branches waving around, or seeing endless clips of deer walking in the
Herons Fishing In the Dark
I like the croaky crabby sound that herons make. It’s fun to see what they get up to after dark.
The Eagle Family, On Camera
We know there are three big eagles who live on Sand Mountain. We’ve seen Dad sitting on the very peak of the Mountain a few times, and we’ve seen them hunting on the shore. Our wildlife camera caught them hanging out on the lower beaver dam, right around alewife migration season. Cool.
Playful Coyotes
It’s the middle of the night, but these two coyotes seem playful as they mark their territory. By day, a solo coyote seems much more cautious.
So Many Eagles
We met the Sand Mountain Grandparents at Sand Mountain today, and it was an eagle party. There was a bald eagle sitting on top of the mountain when they arrived, and we spotted four more over by Snake Beach, essentially treating the lake like a big birdbath. We saw two at the top of a
Good News and Bad News for Beaver Lovers
The good news is, we got a lot of great beaver footage, as they worked to repair the opening that was made in their dam on Fish Canal to let the alewives in. The bad news is, we spoke to the folks who manage this land. They’re the ones who cleared out the dam, and
Grey Fox, or Coyote?
We’ve received permission from an adjacent landowner to walk on their land, and that will open up hundreds of new acres for us. But one of the best things about the new permission is that it will be relatively easier for us to make it to the Drowned Forest — an area we’ve been curious