Drones

     We have unmanned arial surveillance going on here at the farm.  The blue herons fly over the pond and the creek looking for fish and other morsels.  Occasionally we are surveilled by a duck or two.  They often land in one of the ponds for a closer look.

     On a walk we the other day we observed a water snake surveilling the front pond.  He was keeping watch under the surface and on the bank.

     Plans are in place to build drone hangars.  In our case it will be 3 kestrel boxes.  They will be part of a study to see how many kestrel pairs a particular piece of land can support.  I welcome this type of aerial surveillance.

     One good thing is our "drones" have no ground control.

Tadpoles

     The frogs eggs hatched and the wetland is teeming with tadpoles.  They seem to not have a predator as their population appears stable from day to day.  I used to see tadpoles all the time as a child along with honey bees on the white clover in our yard.  But both species seem to be harder to find.  It is great to have both here on the farm.  Our hives wintered well and the bees are active.