Monday Musings – Mead Pond Park is Back!

You might remember reading in a previous post that one of the local parks I photograph birds, Mead Pond Park in New Canaan, Connecticut, had its pond drained. The pond was drained because silt built up over the years and made the pond too shallow to support the wildlife that made the pond their home. This problem became evident when moss and algae formed over the entire surface of the pond. In fact, when they drained the pond they found it was only a few feet deep in some locations. This work took several months and unfortunately for me meant that all of the ponds birds went to other locations.
This weekend I went over to the park to check on the work (I have been checking monthly since the work started) and was surprised to find that the pond was full again!

Canada Goose Calling
Canada Goose Drinking
Canada Goose Preening

I made some images of Canada Goose that had returned to the pond. Ice had formed and we had a dusting of snow the night before. I also watched a Red Tailed Hawk circling in the distance. The pond had been home to a breeding pair of Red Tailed Hawks and their 3 chicks this spring. They left the park however when the bulldozers and construction equipment came, go figure!

I’m really glad to see some of the wildlife returning to the pond and look forward to photographing there in the future. It will be great to see what new species inhabit the pond now that the ecology has hopefully been improved.

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