It’s unusual this late in the season. This mother duck just hatched 9. Check out the photos from today. Click or tap to enlarge; to reduce, repeat. Nine ducklings hiding under mom Time to move-out Keep...
Ron and Beth June tell of the most recent eagle sighting: At 2:40PM on August 18th, we saw the eagle circling over Mud Point…getting closer and closer to the water…..then down to the water, it snatched a fish in its claws and flew away over the trees....
John Deming reports he saw “an eagle fly over the house and circle over the water in front” this evening. He describes it as a “mature bird with white tail and head. Just as soon as it was here, it was gone.” He suspect boat traffic on the...
John Stewart caught this magnificent predator in action along Eagle Point. John says the “eagle landed in the tree along Eagle Point [Wednesday] night with a bluegill.” John was able to capture the moment as the eagle flew off to the west where it landed...
Natural Encounters has several comments on turtles, or lack of them, at Clark Lake. The latest is from John Deming (view others by scrolling down). I suspect all of our turtle population is going into significant decline as a result of our continued attempt to make...
We have only seen one small snapping turtle this year near Oakwood Park. Folks that like to stir up the seaweed in shallow waters with their wave runners don’t realize they may be running over the turtles! -Becky Consonni Comment from Beth Noe June: Sadly, a rather...
Diane and John Deming have been watching barred owl family near their Clark Lake home. The story, told by Diane Deming, starts on a sad note– Unfortunately the baby owl was electrocuted on our neighbor’s power line on June 7th. This is the second time...
Have you noticed the three-family geese flock floating around the lake? We sure did one morning. They were all sleeping on our front yard. What a mess they left!! Unfortunately my dog thinks this is a real treat, so we make sure to clean the area before she runs in...
As it turns out, the bird that performed for the DamCam on Friday was not a Sandhill crane, as first noted. John Deming corrects the record– “it is a Great Blue Heron, similar in shape, but different in color.” The heron hopped up on the CarpGard...
Friday afternoon a Sand Hill Crane decided to explore the dam at Ocean Beach. It hopped up on the CarpGard, then on to the reinforced cement abutment to the dam.
Through the years, kids have captured–and released–turtles at Clark Lake. Sometimes, kids would mark the turtle with nail polish so they could see if they had captured a particular turtle before. The good news is that turtles are still loving Clark Lake....
It’s not unusual to see deer around Clark Lake. But on Friday, a sighting took a different turn. This fawn, separated from its mother, decided to take a swim and get a drink from the lake. After surveying curious bystanders, the fawn, shivering, bolted from...
