Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Beaver family

LW and I went for a walk along the beaver pond after dinner last night. It was a little later than we usually go--it was quite dark in the woods at the end of the walk--and we saw the whole beaver family. Dad, mom, and two young beavers. We got quite close to the parents. They were no more than 12 feet away, chewing on a tree branch we watched them pull through the water. The babies stayed further out in the pond, although one was practicing slapping the water with his tail.

Living in rural New England does have its advantages.

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