A few weeks ago we were at Davidson’s Mill Pond Park and we saw a lot of Beaver activity by the water areas along the trail through the woods. We were there for a walk so I only had a m43 camera with a 14-140mm zoom, which with it’s small sensor has a field of view sort of equivalent to 28-280mm on a full frame camera. There are a lot of fallen trees so we could see they have been very busy. But as were were looking at what we thought was a Beaver Lodge, a beaver actually ran along a fallen tree and submerged to go inside the Lodge. It was fun to watch, but Beavers are mostly busy at night. It was a distant shot so it was not great, but I still documented it. We went back, but during the day they are usually not active, so I was shooting a series of the 2 Lodges we could see and the surrounding landscape. Around the bend we thought we spotted a few more Lodges but could not get clear shots of them. Another Park we enjoy walking in, Plainsboro Preserve & Audobon Facility, has even more Beaver Activity / Damage. But it is hard to get close to the water, and along the trails you see more trees chewed down. So there is even more Beaver activity there.

3 image Panorama of the 2 Lodges

CloseUp Beaver Lodge #1

Beaver Lodge #1 & 2- 7 image Panorama – Tamron 150-600mm @ 150mm – showing surrounding landscape

Beaver Lodges 1 & 2 – 5 img Panorama, Tamron 150-600mm

Closer View Beaver Lodge #1

Turtles on felled tree by Lodge #1

CloseUp Beaver Lodge #2

Beaver Felled Tree – Amazing how they can take down Large Trees

Beaver “Lodge #1” with Otter in forground – 140mm m43, X-Large crop

Camera setup to photograph Lodges in the distance, iPhone 6

Tree Felled by Beavers – Amazing how many there are and how long it must take. but I guess they do not have anything else to do.