Since it's getting warmer outside, we've been able to go down to the pond again. Unfortunately we have no pictures, but hopefully we can add some soon. Because of all the dry weather, the water level in the pond is very low. However, we still seemed to be able to find quite a few creatures when the science classes went pond dipping. We were very happy to see that the area we raked in the winter was still free of leaves and hopefully it will be until the fall.
We were advised not to rake leaves out of the bottom of the pond because there was a danger of disturbing newt eggs. Instead, we continued to rake leaves away from the sides of the pond to keep them from falling in. It's especially important to do this now that the water levels are so low because we don't want the pond to completely fill up and become more overgrown.
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