Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Signs of a Beaver

Cinnamon and I went to the back 40. Roaring across the yard towards me, he had to stop for a pee!

We checked out the owl tree, no owl. He kept yelling at me to follow him around the wetland shoreline. OK, must be important. Look what I found, lots of evidence of a beaver. It wasn't recent, I don't think. The wood chips weren't that bright, newly chipped colour, but darker. I wonder if this happened in the spring...  


At this point in the year, the water is really low, the frogbit sits in the deepest part. There is no way a beaver could survive this over winter. 












Signs of miniFred! 
Meanwhile, back at the house, Sept. 5th, miniFred had some grooming to do. She isn't waking up until the afternoon, I guess she'll hibernate there. 

 

9 comments:

Jeanie said...

I hope you get some more rain before the winter, get those levels up, though I suspect they will freeze on the early side where you are. Glad to see mini-Fred!

DrumMajor said...

Those beavers are choosing some big trees! Wonder if the branches have been chewed then dragged to their giant beaver dam. Linda in Kansas

Anvilcloud said...

Early in the first vid, I thought he was a goose in the distance. 😊

Elephant's Child said...

Beaver? Lucky you.

eileeninmd said...

Cute walkie video. Fred looks like he is eating well.
Take care, enjoy your day and the week ahead.

Lowcarb team member said...

Nice to see mini-Fred.

All the best Jan

Kate said...

Don't I just wanna dig my fingers into Mini-Fred's fur! And that little horsey tail!

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
What fun to see beaver evidence... and miniFred is just gorgeous - look at that fur!!! YAM xx

Red said...

I guess the beavers were smart enough to know that they couldn't survive in that wet land.