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Along the beaver pond

johngregsite Posted on 8-Jun-2022 by john8-Jun-2022
image black duck

Toward the end of the last month, we set up our game camera at the edge of the beaver pond. This is the first images we captured; more to follow.

These are either black ducks or common pintails, we are thinking they are common pintails due to the light colored edges of the body feathers and the possibly grey or darker beak. The black ducks should have a more golden colored beak and their body feathers should not be outlined in lighter colors.

Using the game cam has been the only way we have gotten images because they are very sensitive to intruders. Later in a day, we got the whole family cruising by (see below).

[UPDATE] We have now confirmed the species shown is a northern pintail duck.

Image ducks
A pintail (?) family

More beaver work

johngregsite Posted on 2-Jun-2022 by john2-Jun-2022
Image beavered tree
Image beavered tree
Image beavered tree



On our latest recon over to the beaver’s work site, we found more large trees in various states of ”processing.” The first image shows a meticulously de-barked trunk with the branches carefully left intact. In the center here are the curious trunk sectioned into about three-foot lengths. These were found on our first visit (see previous post) and it is interesting that they remain here. Still no explanation of where or what they will be used. On the right is a closeup of one of the small ”specialty” work products. The beavers seem to debark all their work items but are not using the large diameter trunks for anything else (for example, none appear to be used in their dams) but the bark. Then we look at the smaller diameter trunks which may or may not be de-barked but also are not used anywhere that we can find.

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