A few weeks ago I noticed that the creek in the Beaver Creek greenway appeared to be damed up by, well, beavers. There were a bunch of beaver chewed trees around as evidence, but they looked older. Yesterday afternoon on my ride through the greenway I was rewarded with the sight of a family of beavers swimming about in their pool. I saw what looked to be three or more adults, plus a bunch of kits. I spooked most of the adults, who instead of slapping their tails on the water simply slipped beneath the surface. I think it’s really cool to have these beavers essentially living in people’s backyards. I’m worried though that the path will get flooded out and prompt someone to complain about it and have the animals removed. I managed to grab a few quick photos. I also saw the first rabbit of the year, and managed to get a photo of it before it dove under a fence. (Click photos for bigger).
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- Dam and pond from March.
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- Beaver Kit Close Up
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- Beaver Kit
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- Papa (or Mama?) Beaver
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- Who’s hiding in here?
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- First bunny of the spring
Great photos!
Seems my experience with rabbits is just the opposite. I remember the last time I rode the Don path at night and every couple of km a rabbit would make a dive in front of my front tire.
You know, I always thought that the ‘Beaver Creek’ name was just made up and there was nothing to it (or that if Beavers ever had been there that they had long been driven away). It’s really cool to see wildlife like that in the middle of the suburbs