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Winter again at the beaverbog

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image beaverbogOur recon down to the beaverbog the other day showed us the extent of the beaver dam at Bridge Charlie (the dam can be seen just beyond the bridge in this image). The stream has backed up, creating a small pond, now frozen.

It has been decades since the beavers have worked on this side of the bog.  A closer look of the dam is shown below. Kayla, the new dog, was not happy she had to wait before crossing the bridge.

We have now reached day #310 of the pandemic retirement in Coronaville. The latest weather has been without precipitation and temperatures have been above freezing for at least a few hours every day. As shown in previous posts, the pond that this stream empties into has been frozen over but not enough to be trusted for any extensive activity.

We have not had to use snow shoes for any of our hikes so far this year.

image beaverbog dam
The dam at the outlet stream of the beaverbog

More Pond views

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Image woodbury pond

Last Friday on our recon to the pond we found another unique site. For the first time since moving here thirty years ago, someone has set up an ice fishing “shack” down at the pond. Generally, a Maine ice fishing shack is exactly the same as what is typically called an “outhouse” in other states. As you can see, this one is a much fancier high-cost tent straight out of LL Bean.

We were quite surprised when we saw this tent out there (and located around it are marked fishing holes where they have set lines and markers that are triggered when a fish is hooked). We have not had any day in the last two weeks that did not stay below freezing. Even more concerning was a forecast for an inch or more of rain and 40f+ temperatures the next day. The quality and strength of the ice must be marginal.

Today (Monday) when we went on our pond side recon, the tent and all the fishing holes were gone. The ice is slushy and intact, so I think they removed the tent on Sunday or this morning, and did not have it fall through the ice!