Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Three Months at the Beaver Pond

The beaver pond is over the ridge behind the house and over another ridge behind that. It sits in a wide valley, a valley with farmland and woodland, and is fed by a small stream that flows through a larger pond that also is the home to a colony of beavers.

One of my camera traps has been at the beaver pond for several years, furnishing photographs and videos for a number of posts on In Forest and Field. Only once this year, in mid-April, have I seen a beaver at the pond and their lodge is deteriorating from a lack of maintenance.


Every once in a while it seems as if all the possibilities from a camera trap location have been exhausted – and then …

Although it seems that the beavers have now deserted this pond I’m leaving the camera trap there throughout the summer – we'll see what turns up.

6 comments:

Out To Pasture said...

Sure enjoyed watching the various wild folk going about their business at the beaver pond, Woody. Perfect choice of music as well.

Chuck and Gloria said...

That bobcat tail was a twitching!!

eileeninmd said...

Hello,
Wow, great collection of critters. I love the Bobcat, Bear, heron and the owls. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a happy weekend!

Shiju Sugunan said...

Nice compilation of critters.

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Kim S. said...

Fantastic! Caused all kinds of emotions - from laughter at the bear interest in the camera to concern that we wennt from 3 baby geese to 1. Loved how the three quickly mastered the challenge of the fallen log. And that cat's tail twitchig - oh, I've seen that in our housecats many times. Wonderful video. Thanks for the time and effort it takes to capture and create these videos for our connsuumption. Your passions mesh well. Kim in PA

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

You have the best place for your trail cam! I love looking at the videos! Thanks!