[NatureNS] Beaver antics

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Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:58:57 -0300
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I was out for a bike ride last evening and stopped near a small =
stillwater to listen for winnowing snipe. No luck with that but I soon =
saw two beavers near their lodge about 50 meters away. They swam towards =
me almost as if expecting to be fed. At about 20 feet one slapped the =
water with it's tail and they dove but soon came back up and milled =
around for a bit. Then another tail slap and dive, one beaver resurfaced =
near the lodge but I knew the other was still close by and I kept track =
of it=E2=80=99s location by watching for air bubbles. Before long a =
small clump of Lily pads began to rise as the Beaver surfaced very =
slowly. It lay motionless near the far bank for several minutes, =
eyeballing me from under it's ridiculous Lily Pad camouflage headgear. =
What a wonderful photo op and of course I had left my camera at home.

Kevin
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