After the storm I saw a lone cormorant at the pond. We already have three pairs of wood ducks (they've discovered fish food), four geese, two bald eagles, and a great blue heron. Eagles and wood ducks are welcome, others not so much.
Water very murky by our standards, viz maybe 18 inches. Some runoff plus about 50 lb of fertilizer. Will fertilize again when it clears, need a good bloom for our TFS. One encouraging sign: large numbers of fish from teeny on up in shallows. Numerous bait balls that can be seen only in sunlight.
About half the dogwood and red bud trees planted on our island have been destroyed by a beaver. They were surrounded by metal wire, but anything less than 2 feet above the ground wasn't enough to keep the rodent away.
