The other half of the pair of wood ducks spotted on Saturday. The edge of the beaver den is at right foreground. We have not seen any beavers this Spring so far but we have heard several loud tail slaps when we approached during mid-week. There are no obvious fresh tree cuttings around but we think there are beavers still here.

I visited the far bog to check out the beaver den yesterday during mid-afternoon. I did not have high hopes of a beaver sighting but thought I could spot some ducks, perhaps Mallards or the more exciting wood ducks. It was not even five minutes into my stakeout when a pair of wood ducks paddled past the beaver den. Here an adult female calmly moves through the thicket beyond the den.