David noticed the beaver at work, in this shot gnawing away at a felled sumca. Although beaver are largely nocturnal animals, their habits change according to season. With winter fast coming on, these animals know they have little time to finish preparations, and it becomes a period of intense activity where they lose some of their natural inhibitions as they hurrriedly prepare for the long dark winter when they will, in general,not emerge from beneath the ice until spring melt.

For more information about beavers in general and the beaver who spent last winter at our pond, please see: Beavers at the FWG