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"BEAVER SHORES" - Beaver (North American)

June 02, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"BEAVER SHORES" Beaver (North American) - 9 Photos Beavers are more versatile than one might think. Most individuals know that they are superb swimmers with the ability to hold their breath under water theoretically for 15 minutes, although generally it is only for shorter periods of 5 to 6 minutes. But they are also adept at standing on their...

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Beaver (North American) - "A ROSE AMONG THE THORNS"

May 25, 2025 • 1 Comment

"A ROSE AMONG THE THORNS" Beaver (North American) - 9 Photos The photos that follow were taken from a high vantage point at the top of a river bank. The beaver hauled his/her beaver butt out of the water, climbed up the rocky escarpment and with incredible nimbleness & dexterity managed to balance between the rocks to dine on the new green fo...

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"BEAVER, YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF OUR LIVES" - Beaver (North American)

May 20, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"BEAVER, YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF OUR LIVES" Beaver (North American) - 7 Photos The sound of rain last week on the beavers' lodge was most likely a signal to the beavers that the channels interconnecting their ponds would soon be once again available for passage. The beavers have constructed a series of dams on each of the channels so that water...

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"BOYS WILL BE BOYS" - Wood Duck

May 17, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"BOYS WILL BE BOYS" Wood Duck (& Mallard) - 10 Photos Except for the Mallard Duck in the last photo, the following photos highlight male Wood Ducks, who are most likely the runner-ups in the Wood Duck "The Bachelorette" real reality competition. They hang out together, eating, sleeping & relaxing (Photo #1 through Photo #5) but as frustration i...

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"BRIGHT LIGHT, BIG POND" - Coyote

May 12, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"BRIGHT LIGHT, BIG POND" Coyote - 3 Photos Chilling out watching ducks & geese doing their waterfowl thing, mid morning. And then early afternoon, now left with an empty pond, I decided to move onto another venue hoping for some more photographic action. Packed up my equipment, trekked up the incline, rounded the corner and took one last look b...

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"MAMA NEEDS A MOMENT" - Beaver (North American)

May 07, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"MAMA NEEDS A MOMENT" Beaver (North American) - 5 Photos Having revisited the beaver pond late one evening this past weekend, I believe I have the answer to the relationship of the two beavers who were featured in the blog, "TAKE AN AWWW MOMENT" May 4, 2025. Again they were the first two beavers to head for the grassy bank but this time when th...

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"1-2-3 DOWN THE TREE" - Porcupine

May 07, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"1-2-3 DOWN THE TREE" Porcupine - 5 Photos I spotted a porcupine last Spring who was obviously pregnant (Photo #1). Although close to delivery, she had obviously not given birth as she spent an entire day hanging out in a tree and didn't retire to her den until late in the evening. If there had been a porcupette, she would have been nursing at lea...

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"BLESS THE CURIOSITY OF YOUTH" - Beaver (North American)

May 06, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"BLESS THE CURIOSITY OF YOUTH" Beaver (North American) - 3 Photos Sitting along a creek downstream, waiting to see and hopefully, photograph beavers swimming by on their way to work. The first beaver that swam downstream was fairly large and took a side trip to the bank across from where I was sitting. A few clicks of the camera and he/she quic...

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"YOU ARE GETTING SLEEPY" - Porcupine

May 04, 2025 • 1 Comment

"YOU ARE GETTING SLEEPY" Porcupine - 6 Photos Note: The following photos may induce yawning & sleepiness:) There is nothing quite like spending a late afternoon/early evening watching a porcupine in a tree. There is no one secret to successful porcupine watching. First, of course, one has to locate a porcupine. Then you find a quiet, isol...

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