Thursday, October 29, 2015

A Variety of Wildlife Visit the Beaver Pond

There's been a great variety of wildlife species visiting the beaver ponds these days. Everything from Coyotes to Ruffed Grouse have been showing up at irregular intervals.
White-tailed Deer are among the most common visitors to the ponds
A Coyote comes down the path and checks out the beavers' latest engineering effort 
A Fisher showed up a few times this week
A large buck came by at night
Catbirds were common at the beaver ponds until they migrated south
A young buck comes up right alongside the camera
Beavers enjoying a late afternoon siesta 
A Green Heron skulks by the camera
A Red Squirrel scampers up the lodge-like construction on the bank
A rare visit from a Rusty Blackbird