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"CATCH ME WHILE YOU CAN" - Mink (North American)

October 10, 2023 • 1 Comment

"CATCH ME WHILE YOU CAN" Mink (North American) - 5 Photos The best time to catch minks with photography generally is when they are pre-occupied with fishing, in my experience. They can pop up from hidden spaces, then disappear & reappear some distance away. This mink, obviously, had an appointment with a favourite fishing hole so having popp...

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"WHAT IS IT?" - Muskrat

October 10, 2023 • Leave a Comment

"WHAT IS IT?" Muskrat - 7 Photos Saw this little mammal swimming towards a small peninsula in the pond. At first I thought it was a muskrat, then well maybe a mink and then it was back to a muskrat again. Once it came out onto land, I could see it was a muskrat but a very very wet muskrat, with some pond sediment probably mixed into its fur, wh...

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"THE BEAVER PORTRAIT STUDIO" - Beaver (North American)

October 10, 2023 • 1 Comment

"THE BEAVER PORTRAIT STUDIO" Beaver (North American) - 9 Photos One may question why you would have a portrait studio for a rodent but how could you not love that gorgeous beaver face with those relatively small ears and huge nose. And if you look closely, you can see that beavers actually have fur/hair on their noses, particularly the older ones...

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"IT'S NOT ALL WORK" - Beaver (North American)

October 04, 2023 • Leave a Comment

"IT'S NOT ALL WORK" Beaver (North American) - 9 Photos The two beavers in the following photos are two siblings in a family of at least six beavers. There are two more younger ones, born the following year. Although each beaver has its own set of tasks, the two sets of siblings do appear to hang out as pairs at various times. I spotted one of t...

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"THE ARTFUL DODGER" - Mink (North American)

October 04, 2023 • Leave a Comment

"THE ARTFUL DODGER" Mink (North American) - 6 Photos I thought what a great nickname for this agile & expert escape artist, namely the North American Mink. It's usually a "now you see me, now you don't" type of scenario, particularly if the mink is not pre-occupied with fishing. Add in that body type & camouflage and it seems to disappear compl...

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"I'M A LUMBERJACK & I'M OKAY" - Beaver (North American)

October 04, 2023 • Leave a Comment

"I'M A LUMBERJACK & I'M OKAY" Beaver (North American) - 7 Photos To quote that famous line of the Monty Python "Lumberjack Song" - "I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay I sleep all night and work all day" I don't know about the "sleep all night and work all day" part for this beaver, although he/she was out during the latter part of an afternoon do...

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"A CLOSED MOUTH DOESN'T CATCH FLIES" - Eastern Phoebe

October 04, 2023 • Leave a Comment

"A CLOSED MOUTH DOESN'T CATCH FLIES" Eastern Phoebe - 5 Photos Many of us have probably been told by someone (maybe even our mothers) to "close your mouth or you'll catch flies! Well in this instance, for the Eastern Phoebe, it is an adage to live by and an action that is required to "live". I was just watching the comings and goings of the...

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"DAY 2 - MUDDING OR THE LABOURS OF HERCULEAN BEAVERS" - Beaver (North American)

September 30, 2023 • Leave a Comment

"DAY 2 - MUDDING OR THE LABOURS OF HERCULEAN BEAVERS" Beaver (North American) - 11 Photos Beavers use logs, twigs & branches, stones & mud to build their lodges and it's that combination that makes for a strong reinforced beaver home. The mud is used similar to the cement utilized in human construction. It goes on wet and then solidifies, reinforc...

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"DAY 1 - HARVESTING TIMBER" - Beaver (North American)

September 27, 2023 • 1 Comment

"DAY 1 - HARVESTING TIMBER" Beaver (North American) - 9 Photos Question: Do the beavers know something we or our meteorologists don't know? (Perhaps, Winter will soon be upon us?) This family of beavers was hard at it, late afternoon and well before sunset, doing major lodge work, presumably in preparation of Winter. The lodge, itself, is an al...

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