I changed
the pace a bit last week and sat with my camera watching a beaver pond. This pond’s
beaver dam breached early April. Last Sunday pre-scouting the small pond , its water
level was down considerably exposing the shoreline. The beaver pond is small (
225 Yds long x 90 Yds wide). My sitting spot has ideal lighting with the sun
behind me while watching the west side of the pond . The first morning was
eventful. A lone beaver patrolled the pond at dawn stopping to eat, chewing the
bark off small branches. It was not long before it caught my scent and gave me
the tail slap on the water. I was trying to avoid this because no doubt the
tail slapping alerts wildlife to danger. All went quiet for about an hour or so,
while watching the distant shoreline a small bear appeared out of nowhere,
heading towards the beaver lodge. I was able to get a decent picture before it
disappeared into the wood line. I am going to spend a few mornings there next
week.
Checking SD cards at a different location, the
stream log trail camera set captured a good video of a “ Flying Bobcat.” This
is a pic grab from the video
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This morning,
I checked the new bear scent post tree I shared with you in last week’s blog. Surprisingly,
no bears passed by the scent tree. Hopefully, something with the next SD card
check.
Jim
