Terry Wise
Whitetail Deer Class of 2023
Like clockwork, the newest family of Whitetail Deer began to appear starting in July and continuing over the next several months. It...
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Terry Wise
- Jul 30
- 2 min
Introducing the Newest Family of Whitetail Deer!
July - it's always the same time each year here on Carillon Stonegate Pond! With recent rains, the banks of Carillon Stonegate Pond are...
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Terry Wise
- Jun 22
- 1 min
Playful Young Buck on Carillon Stonegate Pond!
This very young buck - with antlers just starting to show - appeared on the banks of Carillon Stonegate Pond and did a playful dance...
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Terry Wise
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Great Blue Heron Dining on Carillon Stonegate Pond!
It looked like his eyes were bigger than its stomach, but this Great Blue Heron was not going to let this very large American Bullfrog...
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Terry Wise
- Apr 1
- 2 min
Our Tree Swallows Return to Carillon Stonegate Pond- not Capistrano!
These darling aerialists with deep-blue shimmering backs and white fronts are Tree Swallows. These small songbirds have long, pointed...
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Terry Wise
- Mar 28
- 2 min
Hooded Mergansers on Carillon Stonegate Pond!
A male and female Hooded Merganser ducks were seen on Carillon Stonegate Pond yesterday. Whether male or female, look for a duck with an...
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Terry Wise
- Mar 24
- 3 min
What's Black and White and Diving into Carillon Stonegate Pond?
Have you seen that small, chubby duck that is a striking – almost glowing - black-and-white on our western Carillon Stonegate Pond. This...
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Terry Wise
- Feb 27
- 1 min
That "Angry Beaver" - He's Back and Hungry!
Our North American Beaver has returned. He was here last summer for a week or two. Gnawed down several trees. And mysteriously vanished....
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Terry Wise
- Feb 21
- 2 min
007 Duck with the Golden Eye!
Over the past week, an avian visitor has frequented the west Carillon Stonegate Pond. Preferred solitude - moved away from Mallards and...
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Terry Wise
- Sep 5, 2022
- 2 min
Can Always Hear Him; Now Finally Saw Him!
Some birds are often heard before they are seen! The Belted Kingfisher is one of those birds. They give strident, penetrating, mechanical...
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Terry Wise
- Aug 25, 2022
- 2 min
It's a Family Affair - Whitetail Fawns Appearing!
Same time as one year ago! The banks of Carillon Stonegate Pond are lush with tall, green grasses, reeds and wildflowers after the rains...
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Terry Wise
- Jul 25, 2022
- 1 min
Next Generations Appearing on Carillon Stonegate Pond!
During late July, the new generation of birds and other wildlife start to show up around Carillon Stonegate Pond. There was a family of...
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Terry Wise
- Jun 2, 2022
- 1 min
FISHING IS EASY, SWALLOWING IS WORK!
This Great Blue Heron successfully caught a sunfish on Carillon Stonegate Pond. But once the fish was speared, what next? The Great Blue...
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Terry Wise
- May 15, 2022
- 2 min
The Big Red Dragon(flie)s of Carillon Stonegate Pond!
Watching out over Carillon Stonegate Pond yesterday and saw this flash of brilliant red. Zooming up and down the shoreline and out ten...
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Terry Wise
- May 3, 2022
- 1 min
I Cannot Tell a Lie, I Chopped Down a Tree!
George Washington fessed up to the tree that he chopped down. But our North American Beaver does not seem so honest! Caught him/her near...
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Terry Wise
- Apr 11, 2022
- 1 min
The "Hell Diver" of Carillon Stonegate Pond Returns!
The Pied-billed Grebe has made its Spring appearance on Carillon Stonegate Pond. This waterbird is small - pigeon-sized. It is brownish...
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Terry Wise
- Apr 8, 2022
- 1 min
Wood(en) Ducks on the Water, Very Free and Easy!
"Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be Silver people on the shoreline, let us be...
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Terry Wise
- Apr 6, 2022
- 1 min
Fishing Season Open on Carillon Stonegate Pond!
This Double-crested Cormorant was out fishing and diving on Carillon Stonegate Pond. It successfully pulled in a sunfish. The...
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Terry Wise
- Mar 30, 2022
- 1 min
Prescribed Burn 2022 in Pictures and Video
The professionals at Pizzo & Associates carried out a successful controlled or prescribed burn of the tall grasses around both of the...
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Terry Wise
- Mar 13, 2022
- 1 min
A Night and Day on Carillon Stonegate Pond - in 6 minutes!
Skunk! Deer! Mallards! Opossum! Mourning Doves! Squirrel! Red-winged Blackbirds! American Tree Sparrows! House Finches! House Sparrows!
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