The Beaver Is Back!

Last year, as you might recall, we caught a beaver in action down by the lake.  Since the fateful night when we watched as he felled a tree in our backyard, we’d seen neither hide nor hair of the little guy, nor further evidence of his tree-chomping ways.

But yesterday, Matt called from the back steps, “I think I see the beaver swimming in the lake!”  By the time I joined Matt on the porch, all that remained of the beaver’s progress through the water were ripples on the surface.  We put Bennett in his wool hat (it was coolish) and into the sling, and off we went to investigate.

Turns out, down near the shore, the beaver has been busy sharpening his (or her) teeth!  The photo above shows a large tree he’d been working on — we think he realized he’d quite literally been trying to bite off more than he could chew.  (That, or he was just hungry for bark alone.)  But the littler trees below were no match for him!

Our fingers are crossed for another sighting…