Yellow Pond Lily, Wildlife Pond, Wachusett MeadowThe American Beaver takes a swim under the watchful eye of the Gray Catbird at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary.Gray Catbird
I love catbirds and their beautiful songs. And the close-up of the beaver with her stick is priceless. No blooming water lilies here. We just had a late snow storm with a foot of snow and freezing temps. Great for moisture, but bad for plants and animals. 😮
The storm brought much-needed moisture, but destroyed many plants, and probably birds also. A foot of snow and freezing temps for 2 days in a row will do that. 😢
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The Beaver is absolutely cute and funny. They live in Finland too, but I have never seen any.
How are you, Julia? Was your sabbatical enough to do all the wok in the backyard? I see that your weather looks beautiful, the beavers must be busy fixing they dams. Was nice to hear from you again. Take care… 🙂
Hi H.J! I have been working hard, and am looking forward to planting the garden this week. I like to take an evening break watching the beavers. Hopefully, I’ll be back blogging at least once a week. Hope all is well with you. Looking forward to catching up with your posts.
Cheers.
Julie
Love the beaver photos! My sister just told me about a re-wilding experiment in London (of all places!) to help with flooding in a subway station. Here’s the summary: “A family of five Eurasian beavers resides in West London’s Paradise Fields nature reserve, located just a six-minute walk from Greenford Tube station. Introduced in late 2023 by the Ealing Beaver Project, this rewilding initiative has successfully turned the 20-acre urban park into a natural wetland that prevents the local subway station from flooding.” All sorts of other natural diversity re-appeared as well, according to this article: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5738979/beavers-britain-climate-change-flooding. Hurrah for beavers and their native engineering intelligence!
Thanks for the link-it was really interesting to see the beaver’s work in an urban setting. Most summer evenings, I take a walk to the beaver lodge at the nearby Audubon, and watching the beavers never fails to calm me and lift my spirits.
If you’re ever interested to learn more, here’s a fascinating book: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/39345591-eager
Tranquility! Nice catch of the rusty under-tail of the catbird. We’re seeing quite a few lately nesting around the yard.
I love catbirds. Looking at this pic, I’m realizing their tails are longer than I thought! 😉
I love catbirds and their beautiful songs. And the close-up of the beaver with her stick is priceless. No blooming water lilies here. We just had a late snow storm with a foot of snow and freezing temps. Great for moisture, but bad for plants and animals. 😮
Oh, no…that snowstorm must have been so disheartening! Sending you wishes for better weather!
The storm brought much-needed moisture, but destroyed many plants, and probably birds also. A foot of snow and freezing temps for 2 days in a row will do that. 😢
The Beaver is absolutely cute and funny. They live in Finland too, but I have never seen any.
They are funny, and skittish if they hear noise. They slap their tails down loudly and dive away. 😉
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How wonderful to see the beaver – and it swimming with a stick. The catbird is beautiful too.
Thanks. The beavers come out every evening…so much fun to watch!
Wow! Amazing and beautiful photos! Thank’s for share, Julie.
Have a wonderful week!
Elvira
You are welcome! Enjoy your week as well, Elvira!
Thank you, Julie!
You too.
How are you, Julia? Was your sabbatical enough to do all the wok in the backyard? I see that your weather looks beautiful, the beavers must be busy fixing they dams. Was nice to hear from you again. Take care… 🙂
Hi H.J! I have been working hard, and am looking forward to planting the garden this week. I like to take an evening break watching the beavers. Hopefully, I’ll be back blogging at least once a week. Hope all is well with you. Looking forward to catching up with your posts.
Cheers.
Julie
I made a mistake, I meant to write Julie. My bad… 🙁
No worries, I was named after my grandmother Julia. 😉
Love the beaver photos! My sister just told me about a re-wilding experiment in London (of all places!) to help with flooding in a subway station. Here’s the summary: “A family of five Eurasian beavers resides in West London’s Paradise Fields nature reserve, located just a six-minute walk from Greenford Tube station. Introduced in late 2023 by the Ealing Beaver Project, this rewilding initiative has successfully turned the 20-acre urban park into a natural wetland that prevents the local subway station from flooding.” All sorts of other natural diversity re-appeared as well, according to this article: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5738979/beavers-britain-climate-change-flooding. Hurrah for beavers and their native engineering intelligence!
Thanks for the link-it was really interesting to see the beaver’s work in an urban setting. Most summer evenings, I take a walk to the beaver lodge at the nearby Audubon, and watching the beavers never fails to calm me and lift my spirits.
If you’re ever interested to learn more, here’s a fascinating book:
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/39345591-eager