Beaver and raccoon seen on this morning's walk

Maverick and I walked nearly 5 miles in town this morning, some of it along the Columbia River. We saw a beaver, which is fairly unusual for me to see. Also saw a raccoon on the bank of the river:





The osprey were quite active too - but I didn't get any particularly good photos of them.

Guy

Great pictures, Guy.

The best part of those walks is who knows what awaits around the next bend. Great pictures Guy.

JD338

JD338 said:

The best part of those walks is who knows what awaits around the next bend. Great pictures Guy.

JD338

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Both of these critters were hoped for, but not expected. They "could" be there, but usually they're not. I really lucked out this morning and both of them showed up, well lit by the morning sun. I'm grateful.

Guy

Nice pics. We are so over populated with coon that they’re like mosquitoes here.

Really nice clear pictures Guy!

Great photos!

The way I usually find beavers before daylight is almost urinating myself when that damn tail slaps the water!!

Ol' Maverick and I walked along the Columbia again this morning. The beaver swam past. We watched three raccoons foraging along the bank:



Guy

Looks like the masked bandit got caught in the act. Nice picture Guy.

JD338