The Release and Springs

Posted by Cindy on May 29, 2008

After about four days of observing the little critters we brought home from the pond, we decided it was best to return them to their rightful home.  Why?  Well, one one variety of little critters swimming around was mosquito larvae!!  No, thank you for them finishing their life cycle in my house!

We also believe we had tadpoles, caddis fly larvae, water louse, some sort of teeny tiny black shelled snails (we saw two mating!) and unidentified microscopic black spots swimming everywhere.  That was a lot of critters in one cup full of pond water!

Before heading home, we visited two springs near the pond.  The first is a small spring flowing into a creek.  The second is a spring that was dammed up many, many years ago as a watering hole for farm animals.  Isn’t it pretty?  Does anyone know what sort of plant is growing in it?

Oh, and look who we heard, then saw as we headed back toward the truck.  If you can’t tell, its a woodpecker!