Oh, Barry Beaver! I haven't seen him out in the daytime since last year, Nov. 2025, in the snow. He's been out in the dark a lot.
Sorry for the photo dump, but I do want to document the action, just in case we have to do something. I am amazed at the work. Back in the day, beavers used to be much larger. Glad that isn't the case now!
He continues girdling the trees to nearly falling. The wind and the weight of the tree takes over. I am fascinated with Barry and his work. They've lived here for ages. We have to balance the destruction, as opposed to the survival of the amazing critter.
He is only going after aspens.
Here we are! I am safe, as the trees creak if they shift. I can hear them from the deck. Joe Brian doesn't go down there, it's not good walking for him.
May 18th
Big winds, and power outages (26,285) across south and central Ontario. I was happy for the winds as the widow makers came down.
Barry's going after the aspen. Another tree fell on the precious tree. He's been going after this one for weeks.
I could hear the trees creaking. Sure enough, with the winds, the last tree felled leaning on another one he felled, it crashed. It's a relief. If he's going to take the trees down for food or lodging, he might as well eat it.
It was a nice sunrise! We had 4 mm rain. The trees are just leafing out.
I set up a trailcam to dissuade Barry from working in the dark. No Barry, but a deer walked through. Nice leaves for her to chew!
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May 19
Another tree went down after I'd prepared this. In the background.
As Caitlin said on our family photo stream, "How rude!" I giggled...
I will watch to see if he removes and strips the branches. I expect he will. We may have to get people in to chop up the big trunks. Later. We'll let Barry do his work. Stay tuned!
P.S. Fred has had more kits. She had 4 last year. The coyotes snagged 3, I think. More on this later. I was resting from planting my summer flowers and spotted this. Two kits, at least. It was a 32 ℃ day. She looked roasted!
