Eaglet learning to fly, Loons, and Cormorants
ANDOVER – Attached are some observations of wildlife sightings on Highland Lake from an August weekend in East Andover. The eaglet spent the whole weekend (and the whole week prior) crying from its perch on the island. The nest seems to be all but demolished (from the storms, the baby, or the parents?). We did […]
It was reported in the last issue of The Beacon that our loon pair had begun nesting off the island and near the big rock. Unfortunately, during the last week of June, the adults abandoned the nest. This happened following the Sunday night (June 23) of hurricane warnings that resulted in heavy rain and winds. […]
The Loons on Highland Lake began nesting the week before Father’s Day. This year’s nest site is on the west side of the island and just north of the big rock. This makes the nest especially vulnerable to wave activity. Wake boating and tubing was seen to cause a near washout to the nest […]
Beautiful, but are poisonous to cattle and horses
Beginning in March 2020 when the “COVID-19 lockdown” began, I decided to devote some time to wandering the forest of Dragonfly Farm. We had been producing maple syrup for use and giveaway for a few years, but I had never really investigated the forest land portion of the property, other than the sugarbush. So, in […]
The Highland Lake loons arrived back after an early ice-out on March 17th. I was able to confirm in early May that the nesting pair- banded a few years back – are in fact the pair occupying the territory. Both have blue over silver bands on the right leg. He has green on the left […]
FNRT launches Trail User Experience survey
FNRT volunteers have been working hard recently to open the Trail after several severe weather events. Three teams of FNRT maintenance volunteers cleared fallen limbs off the Trail in Andover and Danbury on April 13. Forty-five downed trees were counted in a two-mile stretch in South Danbury! Earlier that week, the New Hampshire Bureau of […]