Sleep is for chelonians

Nature Cam 1

As I wrote previously, I set up a game camera to try to catch our friendly neighborhood beaver in flagrante delicto. To date, no beaver action in the box (it seems the little guy has been working on a tree across the river, so I will re-orient the camera) but I did get some interesting pics.

Some kind of furry critter that only shows his rear end:

The inevitable squirrel (I have dozens of these, most of them blurry):

And am I kidding myself, or is that some kind of deer swimming along the other riverbank??? You'll have to zoom in to see it:

The beaver strikes

Incredible but true, the blog lives! Sorry, having a social life keeps me very busy -- almost as busy as a beaver.

Speaking of which, sometime last week, the industrious neighborhood beaver took down our favorite tree overnight.

Views from the deck...

Excellent workbeavership, I must say.

The little vandal has been coming back to the scene of the crime every few nights, chopping off segments from the top of the downed tree. I've set up a motion-activated infrared game camera to try to snap some action shots. Stay tuned...