Beaver Pond Journal 2011 #4

Journal entry for October 23, 2011  "Arrived at the beaver pond about 11:00 A.M.  Flocks of songbirds were filling the air with their songs. The pond looked cold and lonely today. Mary thought the feedbed looked as though it had been added too since we were here last, I wasn't so sure. We were both hungry so we ate a quick snack back at the truck.
Thought I'd photograph the lodge so I could compare the resulting image with earlier ones. After looking things over for a few minutes, I agreed with Mary, there still were beaver occupying the pond. The dam had been increased in height by a few inches. The abandoned beaver pond, without a doubt is very active. I wonder how many beaver are in the pond's new colony.
Well I guess I need to shift the focus of the beaver pond project from documenting succession to documenting the life and changes in and around the pond. I intend to continue shooting the yearly panorama from my original set up location for as long as I'm able.
After shooting some images of the beaver lodge, I shot the set up log. Fortunately it isn't fully submerged yet.
Clouds were still crowding the sky. Mary and I returned to the truck where we ate a more substantial lunch. When we finished lunch I decided to see if I could make my way around to the panorama set location with the new flooded areas blocking the way. After some bushwhacking through a blackberry cane tangle I was there. Shot another image of the repaired beaver lodge, from the area of the set up log.

The repaired beaver lodge from the beaver dam

The set up log nearly fully submerged

Checked my cache of set up pins before returning to the truck, where I exchanged cameras and got my tripod to shoot a few images of the dam and pond.I shot these images with the tripod set up to specs for the dam set up pin. Changed the elevation of the center column a couple of times to provide a slightly different perspective.

After repacking my camera gear we began working our way towards home."

The beaver lodge shot from the set up log

The beaver dam, lodge and pond

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Bunch