Day 1.182: The magic round about

We went for a quick walk after tea this evening. Just a stroll around one of our most commonly visited trails around the Beaver Pond at our most local walking destination.

It turned out to be a wild ride.

First, a close encounter with a Bullfrog (or is it a Green Frog?)...

A Painted Turtle...

Here he is again with his frankly huge cousin Snapping Turtle!

And, finally a really good view of this. "Look, it looks like a dog swimming!" and it did - a big dog at that. We knew they were here from seeing lodges and felled trees and flooded woodland, but this was our first view of a fully-grown American Beaver.

One more group of animals seen on the trail tonight were more obliging about my photography...

I think we might go there in the evening again.