Pergola, Bond Head

At the beach in Bond Head (Newcastle)

The shadows make the pergola made of  aging wood look quite fancy.

I am linking to Shadow Shot Sunday 2 HERE.

North American Beaver

 Closeup of beaver

I think this may be a young beaver as it let me get quite close to take these photos. I didn't have my telephoto with me. OOPS! Well, I was lucky that the beaver was more interested in chomping down twigs than in worrying about that crazy lady with one BIG, clicking eye looking at it.

 Right outside the entrance to it's lodge

I've passed by this ancient lodge many times and had no idea there were beavers living underneath the cattails growing above it. I just happened to see this guy hauling a long thin branch across the road so I turned around to watch, then slowly crept closer to see if I could get a decent photo. It's sitting on its tail, the reason you cannot see it.

I did eventually sneak in too close and the beaver scurried down the hole.

A second beaver?

A few minutes later (I was still there but further away taking photos of the tree it had been  peeling bark off) I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye. This beaver was not nearly so tolerant and did not hang around long. Notice its tail. I think this beaver has been in a war.

I am linking to Saturday Critters HERE.