Wednesday Wildlife, 3/26/14

After the disappointing discovery of the fish kill on the pond on the 15th, frozen in mid-ice, this past weekend, I was pleased to find the pond without ice and almost 7 feet deep in the middle. But no dead fish floating.

About 10 feet up the bank there were what remained of a single fish and dozens of tracks surrounded the pond bank.

The raccoons apparently had a fine meal.

In one way it saved me from netting the dead, but I intended to fertilize the trees. The bad news is the varmints are back now that trapping season is over.