Some photos taken this afternoon. You can see that the flag is still there but seems to be tipping crazily. The ice around it is looking pretty "rotten" and it probably wouldn't take much to send it to the bottom - a wind coming from the right direction would do it, or some rain.

The rest of the pond is either open water or the ice is pretty black indicating it's mainly slush. There isn't much wind at all - just a very gentle breeze, so things are remaining fairly quiet, for now. Tomorrow, Saturday, is supposed to be sunny again, much like today, and temps will be in the 60's during the day. Saturday night and Sunday there may be showers, so that may have a big impact ton the ice that's left.

While we were at camp we saw a very large bird circling over the pond. It was too high to get a good picture, but we could see it had a white head and, I believe, white under the tail. We had a couple of eagles visit last year, one spent some time on the ice near the flag. This bird finally left in the direction of Molly's Pond.

We found a trio of wild turkeys just below our house. I think you can make out this guy if you click on the photo to enlarge it. They are shy and blend into the thicket very well. We think it may be the same ones we've seen at the edge of our back lawn earlier this spring. It's nice to see the wild life moving about. All the critters had a difficult winter and must be happy to be able to get food.