Not long after setting up a new trail camera in the backyard woods, we captured this image. We are about one week to go to the start of the 2018 deer hunting (with rifles) season. We have not seen any hunters hanging around the neighborhood so far – this does happen in some years. Generally we see, at the very least, our southern neighbor’s kid wandering around. Perhaps during this week there will be some.
Later, at around 2am, we captured another image, not sure if it is the same animal.
The previously reported production on the east side of the beaver bog is even more impressive this week. This is a complex image that may be too “busy” to reveal the reality of this dam. We will try to describe:
The dam is four or five feet high and deep, and thirty feet wide, spanning the modest valley that hosts this primary water source to the bog area.
The water backed up by the dam is in the background in this image. The reflection of the surrounding woodland makes it difficult to see this water.
The blue in the foreground is the sky reflected on the down stream.
Once the dam is in place and has created a new mini pond, the next steps is to build a residence for the winter. We have not seen any evidence of this nor any spot suggesting a proposed location. It also remains to be seen if an unknown third party breaks up the dam, which occurred earlier this year.