Guide to Bob Arnebeck's 2006 Journal

chickadee feasting on a deer skull; otter slides on South Bay; beavers still foraging despite the ice

otter trackings on island and land; evidence of beavers out on ice; porcupine activity

beavers observed; thaw; otters slides on ice

beavers; porcupine; deer carcass

mink attacks muskrat; dead porcupine; beavers out

porcupines; a little show; beavers still out

otters back; porcupines

good otter tracking; and tracking other animals in snow

see otters on our land; good tracking on island, on river

thaw; beavers out and active again; otter signs, mostly fresh scats

geese return; ducks in beaver ponds; sap running; moss blossoms

birds; turtles; water bugs; beavers repair dams; muskrats; perplexity over scats

beavers scent mounds; wood frog eggs; snakes;

hepatica; otter sightings; nesting geese

bloodroots; otter scats; beaver lumbering; frogs; otter sighting

muskrats; more flowers; scats; beaver work

tent caterpilars; trilliums; muskrats; beavers; swallows

otter scent mounds; muskrats; beaver lumbering; butterflies; bugs

beaver lodge repairs; otter scats; muskrat battles

water snake; muskrat activity; frogs; nesting birds

fawns; beavers; rocks; blue flag iris

irises; goslings; ducklings; flowering shrubs; scats

turtle eggs; osprey; otter sighting; beavers

milkweed; fledges; beaver lumbering

spotted salamander; scats; search for otters; ponds choked with grasses; flicker fledge

raccoons; beavers; blooms; geese and goslings

many monarch butterflies; beavers; new beaver pond; flowers and insects

button bush blooms; berries; cardinal flower; doe and fawn; water snakes; scats; bat

hummingbird moth; beaver work along bay; asters

beavers survive dry spell; refurbished lodges; snakes; frogs; whirligig beetles

Bug fresh scat; groundhog; black snake; beaver harvesting, muddy canals; waterlily blooms

remains of a bullhead meal; flowers; porcupine; bryozoa "seeds"; iris seeds

baby beavers; sneeze weed; bucks; juicy otter scats

sawfly larva; beavers harvest; snakes; mushrooms

closed gentians; raccoons in water; juicy scats; asters; rainbows

otters sightings; ravens; snake; beaver harvest; mushrooms

beaver work; otter scats

otters; beavers; major beaver work; porcupine; alders

up close with beavers; otter scats; rocks

otters; beavers and muskrats in same pond; muskrats playing; dead turtle

Picton otter latrine; beaver work; old scats; muskrats

otter; beaver work; ice and snow; coyote tracks

swimming coyote; beavers close-up; otter scats; thaw

rocks; otter scats; deer; beaver work

beaver ice trail; eagles; snow; fisher tracks; beaver work