Life in Beech Creek

Our house overlooks two ponds, which drain into a creek that is part of the Susquehanna River Watershed. Thanks to Harvard County's conservation policy, our area is packed with wildlife. We have foxes, rabbits, white-tail deer, squirrels, moles, snakes, and feral cats. Birds include cardinals, barn swallows, robins, owls, herons, terns, ducks, osprey, red-tailed hawks, red-shouldered hawks, and bald eagles.  But two species dominate daily life - beavers and geese.  There are eight beaver lodges and three dams within two hundred yards of my house. The two big ponds and half-dozen smaller ones in the neighborhood are breeding grounds for Canadian Geese (and the occasional ducks). Every spring and summer is a soap opera of ten to twenty goslings struggling to survive until they can grow wings and fly away in the fall. With the occasional help of my nieces and son-in-law, I have posted the best pictures and more interesting tales.