No ice on Leech Lake yet. With December 1st showing up in one more day we will not have ice by the 1st. I don't think that we are that far away from having ice. Most nights now are below freezing and with the shorter days ice over is not far away. When it does freeze I hope it freezes fast and we establish some good ice before we get some serious snow. We have had a dusting of snow on the ground this morning and on Friday morning but it melts fast.
On the wildlife scene this past week we had a couple of unusual sightings. The first was a black squirrel that showed up in our neighborhood twice this week. The black squirrel is a melanistic subgroup of the grey squirrel and shows up in 1 of 10,000 births. With the leaves down it's easier to see squirrels and other small animals. The second sighting was of a couple of flocks of what appear to be Trumpeter Swans. Trumpeter Swans are the largest waterfowl in North America ranging up to 30 lbs. with a wing span of 6 to 8 ft. They are one of the last groups that leave the far north on their migration south.
The firearms deer season is finished for 2009 except for muzzle loaders. The DNR estimate that 151,000 deer were harvested compared with 171,000 during 2008 season.
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