Spring Farm CARES Nature Sanctuary

Tippy comes out of the ice for her sweet potato

Today, we had an American Mink ice fishing in one of our ponds. Here is a video of him diving after something in the water!

A telltale sign of our beavers' work! When our beavers are working on taking down medium to large trees, they gnaw almost all the way through the trunk but let the wind do the rest. When a big gust comes through, it will knock down the unstable tree. Then it is easy for the beavers to reach the leaves, branches, and bark, like on this gray birch!

A male Northern Pintail was among the Mallards at the beaver pond last week. What a great duck!

Needle ice forms when the air temperature is below freezing and the soil temperature is above freezing. As the ice forms, it draws more of the ground water up, adding to the ice column.

Downy woodpeckers have remarkable feather markings, especially when in flight!