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| The First Snow at Lake Wicwas |
It was the first real sighting of white so far. And amidst the gloom, a moment of brightness appeared and brightened the lake, for just a fleeting moment.
Other than that, it's been a November day.
I also saw the first bit of ice on the lake on Saturday.
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| The First Ice |
There was only a skim in the marsh which must have been accelerated by radiational cooling, as even tiny puddles caught in the leaves under the tree cover were still liquid.
I took a trip up the beaver pond on the Blue Trail to see if the beaver had come back to collect its wood that got hung up in a tree (see October 27). It had - the tree was gone. However, it still hadn't learned its trigonometry, as it had left another one caught in a tree!
Here is where all that wood goes:
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| Beaver Dam on the Blue Trail |
This is the back side of the dam in one spot where it is visible.
In addition to seeing the signs of deer marking their territory, there are a lot of other animals doing the same thing right now. The fox leave their signs prominently on rocks, logs, and other exposed areas.
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| Fox Scat |
The muskrat do the same on rocks at the water edge.
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| Muskrat Scat |
They are all notices to others that this piece of hunting ground is claimed!
This is a time of year when Lake Wicwas can be quite beautiful,
but mostly... it's November....
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