Below is one of the wildlife visitors to our pond in the spring of 2005.  There were about 8 or 10 baby ducks running around the back yard and they were seen swimming around the pond all day.  Although an adult female Mallard did show up towards the end of the day, we were not sure if that was the Mom or if these babies were orphans.  We only saw them the one day. Back behind our pond is a wooded area that floods during the spring and we know that there are Mallard ducks that hatch a clutch of ducklings in this area in the springtime.

It is always amazing when we see a different wild animal visiting our pond. Below is a picture of a black mink who entered the pond in November 2005.  I think it was trying to catch a goldfish but we never really saw it eating anything.

Our 2006 addition to the wild animals visiting the pond is a turkey.  Several years ago NY state released wild turkeys to reintroduce them into the environment.  They have done well and we have heard and seen them in the back section of our farm. 

2007 brought another visitor to our pond.  A diving duck showed up on the open circle of water created by the windmill.  The duck stayed all day, sleeping and diving under the water.

Early in the fall, 2007, we had another visitor to our pond area.  A red fox was seen almost every morning for about a week, playing around the pond.