3 House Martins over the lake this morning, 1 Goldcrest singing, Several Tree Pipits arrived last night and are singing this morning, 2 male Goosander on the lake, and 1 Black-throated Diver flew East.
I decided to try and track the movements of the three Reindeer I saw last night and soon found tracks
and fresh droppings
They had spent some time in the trees behind the cabin and then moved off north west, passing a marshy area.
As I approached the area I found a frog making its way to the small area of open water!
Clearly from the noise emanating from the pool, there were already a considerable number of frogs there, though I could find no sign of spawn.The Reindeer had continued past here and then headed into the forest, where there were also many Elk Moose droppings. This picture shows both for comparison; Elk above and Reindeer below in the snow (Elk droppings are at least 4x as big as those of Reindeer).
After returning to the cabin, I walked across to the main marsh where there were 2 Siberian Jays watching my movements
Picture taken last September by Jon PickettI had very close views of both Ruff and Wood Sandpiper, but there are very few waders displaying now. I tend to only hear and see Greenshank, Spotted Redshank and Wood Sandpiper as they fly over travelling to the marsh to feed and then back to the forest where they nest.
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