Beaver Pond Wildlife: Part 2 - Late Spring

Interested in observing a wide variety of wildlife? There are few, if any, better places to sit down and quietly watch for mammals, birds, amphibians, insects, fish, and reptiles than at a beaver pond. It's nature's magnet habitat. A beaver pond is not merely a place where beavers happen to live; it’s a natural community like no other, that draws together a large percentage of the animal species of the region. This film series spans a year's time at typical beaver ponds in New England. In Part 1, we looked at what takes place in early spring, as the pond comes back to life after a cold winter. In Part 2, we follow wildlife in late spring, as nesting season progresses, new life develops, and young beavers disperse. We'll see: - nesting warblers, ospreys, great blue herons, phoebes, bluejays, red winged blackbirds, and other birds. - mating northern water snakes and snapping turtles - a painted turtle depositing eggs - green frogs, bullfrogs, gray tree frogs, and their tadpoles - dragonfly larvae underwater and transforming into adults - herons fishing and feeding young - beavers building a dam - pileated woodpecker feasting on carpenter ants - much more More info at the New England Forests blog: https://newenglandforests.blogspot.com/2021/03/new-film-beaver-pond-wildlife-part-2.html