water pollution

07
Jan

A change in one of the inlets in our lake …..

Our weather always turns very cold in January.  We often have at least a week – and sometimes two – of daytime temperatures in the single digits and nighttime temperatures below zero.  This cold weather will begin tonight with a nighttime low of 1 degree. Our lake has large-mouthed bass, bluegill, and crappie.  Plus lots […]

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04
Jan

The Common Loon (Gavia immer)

Cleon and I spent Christmas in Michigan and Wisconsin and as we were driving through the rural parts of both states past wetlands and lakes, I started thinking about Common Loons. The population numbers of loons used to be greater.  In the early to mid 1900’s, they nested throughout our northern states and the Midwest […]

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