The rain was crazy last night. The weed from the small pond was up 3 feet onto the shore and several mid-large tree limbs were down behind the school. Despite that I got a record count of chipmunks (28), nearly as many squirrels (including 2 black morphs), saw a young rabbit and a pair of flickers (woodpeckers) among the usual park denizens.
This was the third day I saw no geese. There had been a steady census of 12 adults and 12 young (down from 15). Where have they gone?
I’ve been seeing a female wood duck with 4 ducklings fairly regularly, but I’m saddened not to see the male and because I counted 10 young initially.
Last week, I was seeing a mallard hen with 4-7 young at different spots. This week it’s been a single hen, accompanied by multiple males (5 today) but no babies.
I’ve had some interaction with park employees and they actually followed up promptly. On Monday 6/7 someone removed a grate on road and leaving a hazard (the miscreants shoved a trash barrel down there). They also cleared a horrible trashing of the children’s play area, -which was far more than my daughter and I could handle ourselves. – So I’m happy to report something positive about maintenance.