By Ruth Ann Eastman
In our Eastman Community we are fortunate to have a plethora of wildlife. Let’s do our part to preserve and sustain the treasures that we have.
Shaun Kronenwetter observed and photographed a snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentine) at South Cove on June 6.
Marge Owen quietly watched a doe nursing her fawn in Marge’s perennial garden on June 21.
On June 20, a very healthy looking grey fox crossed through RaeTober’s yard.
A flock of several dozen cedar waxwings arrived in Andy and Gale Schmidt’s garden June 25. They landed, scurried around and devoured the wild strawberries in the flower garden. In five minutes, the birds and the strawberries were gone.
To our delight two loon chicks hatched the last week of June from Loon Island. This is the third year in a row that two chicks have hatched, a first in recorded history for Eastman.
Dick Kipperman watched an albino skunk meander down his front walk the evening of August 23, saunter up the front steps and then drop down to the ground behind the rhododendrons. Quite a sight. He’s never before seen a white skunk.
Andy and Betty Karcagos watched two fox kits tumbling andplaying tag in their yard on July 2.
Returning from a successful evening of fishing on Eastman Lake July 30, Dick Hocker saw two fawns with their mother in the roadway in his headlights. They ran several feet along the roadway then ducked into the woods.
Every other year, the Mountain Ash tree in front of Nancy and Dick Kipperman’s house resembles Logan Airport as 10-20Robins flock to the tree to gobble up the many, many orange/red berries. They fly in, they fly out, on schedule, all day. Quite a sight!
The fawn that visited Marge Owens’s garden in June paid attention to where she was as she returned for hosta, phlox and other deer candy August 6.
As always I look forward to hearing What’s Out There. Please call me at 863-2312 or e-mail me at ruthanneastman at aol.com.
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