We’ve been having some snow-ice-rain-sun-thaw cycles, which seem not to bother the furry creatures who think they own this property. Bernie and Bernice Beaver haven’t come out when I can see them since “their” pond has been virtually iced-in, but their tracks tell the tale of nighttime adventures.
Also, as you see above, our white-tailed deer remain happy and even seem to like imitating Doctor Dolittle’s Pushme-Pullyu. Harry the porcupine is still not behaving like the rest of his kind; he’s now digging through snow in the daytime to munch vegetation when he should be snoozing in a tree:
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on January 5 and 6, 2026, respectively.)