HAPPY MOTHERS DAY, I made Dutch Babies for breakfast this morning, cause they remind me of my Mommy.
My friend Kirsti stopped by, she was doing a little camping around Methow. She spent the night parked out front of the office and then went with me to work in the morning. I think she enjoyed sitting in the truck perusing the internet on her lap-top while i did the same, and every once in a while i'd get out of the truck to throw a rock at a duck. On those cold mornings when i don't feel like getting out of the truck i can usually scare the pond predators away with the honk of the horn.
I would think by next week we will be done baby sitting the fish. Both ponds have been released. All we did was move the baracade blocking the fish's access to the river. The fish can now swim out whenever they want. We have not fed the fish at the Twisp Ponds since two weeks ago, there are not many of them left. The fish at the back channel are still getting fed, just half the amount. Those fish were not quite up to their ideal size, so we have been told to keep the feed flowing. The Coho in the back channel have to swim over about a two foot water fall to get to the river, there are tons of fish swimming just behind the heavy flow. I like to toss the feed right at the edge and sort of force them out. It is fun to watch them jump for the food and then realize they are about to float over the falls and then they quickly try and swim back into thier deep pool.
Yesterday there were two wood ducks inside the net that covers the pond. they had bitten holes in the net and wandered it. It was a bit of a hassle to get them out. They would try and fly up and get knocked back down in the water. I eventually was able to hold one end up with tree branches and a rake, i'd then walked down to the other side where they were and then they finally flew out from under the net. I repaired the holes and hopefully this keeps them out.