Wildlife images and video from the central lakes region of New Brunswick, Canada.
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We get beavers. Open lakes and rivers aren't the best beaver habitat but their numbers keep growing and well, everybody needs a place to sleep. Generally they like a smaller stream they can dam-up completely. When they den on a lake or river the yearly spring freshet wreaks havoc and floods them out of their home and then they become a real nuisance as they swim around gnawing on anything that looks tasty including large trees next to peoples homes and cottages. Trappers used to step in years ago and control the numbers but with the anti-fur movement, the price of pelts makes it unprofitable. So we get more beavers. As you see below they don't really welcome visitors even when they aren't trappers.
We were visited by this cormorant for a couple of days. The fact that he tolerated having his photo taken at all suggests he was not in good health. Sick or injured, he remained nearby and then left and died shortly afterward. There has been a noticeable decline in the cormorant population in recent years.
So it's early spring and you are tramping through last summer's decaying brush. Then you see it, that one solitary green thing in a carpet of brown and grey. It's a sign of good-times and summer abundance to come. It's also a very busy spot; deer tracks, birds and of course the first bee of spring. This guy is packing a lot of pollen. It must be like getting fresh produce after living off canned food all winter.
Nuthatches seem to do everything upside down. That makes them easy to pick out of the crowd at the feeder. We never saw a lot of nuthatches until we put up a feeder. These guys are entertaining to watch as they dance and jump around, always upside down. The problem with feeders though is that the squirrels always get the lions-share of the food.
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