Barry Beaver Builds

 We've been following our newest resident! I wouldn't have thought a beaver could survive in the wetland. It was bone dry in summer, and only recently has it filled with November rains. I've set two trailcams on it. I've heard rumours that they've been in Jebbs Creek nearby. A landowner busted its dam back in the day. 

It's left several trees unfinished. There are about 20 down, so far. We've 16 acres, and this is the deepest water on our property, but it isn't a pond. And it isn't deep. 

Not only the coyote, but the deer use this path. This is my birdcam, which isn't too bad. I placed it on a felled tree. There aren't many flat spots.

 

↙Can you see the trailcam on the post? I can't attach it to a tree. They might chop it down!

Realizing there must be a dam, I circled the wetland. 

The wetland has these little baby islands, with trees here and there. You can see the open water in the middle ground where Barry goes back and forth. 

It is an awesome critter!

It kept swimming back and forth, checking to see if I was dangerous. The zoom lens was great, but awkward. I didn't think I could manage a monopod or tripod. 

Not so bad!

I made myself  a map to remind me where the one dam sets. There is another, I think. I was hobbling carefully on my twisted ankle.  

I think it has dug into the mud under the lodge. I hope it gets done. Today, Nov. 27, it's snowing. And windy.

I caught it on land, where it is terribly vulnerable. We anticipate a polar vortex this weekend. It's going to freeze up. We'll see what happens.