Cold creek

I am still doing OCCA stream testing in the Herkimer Creek, part of the Upper Susquehanna Watershed that runs through our property. Easy and fun in the summer, not quite so easy or fun in November. I have to stand mid-stream to take water samples. Water was 41.5°...

Upstream on the right is where the creek normally flows the heaviest, but the beavers have been hard at work damming it up. The second photo (taken from upstairs bedroom) shows that spot on the right with what looks like a solid wall of sticks/logs. The water spills over the top and leaks under as well, but it is incredible that a bunch of sticks can hold up a 2- or 3-foot deep pond. They are working on the flow on the left side of the fork too, but have not been quite as successful there.

The weather has been more normal for November lately. The weeds are frozen brown, but the grass is still green. There is occasional white stuff as well.