Beginning a set of images with the work of [probably] pileated woodpeckers; a species that only reveals themselves to me when I don’t have my camera with me.
A view of the upper bog, a part of the area converted from forest to bog by a group of beavers twenty years ago. This area is drying out quickly after a modest rainy season this spring.
A pair of Mallard ducks have decided to live by the beaver bog creek; we have seen the two of them several times this week. Mrs. Mallard can be hard to spot among the brown underbrush.