Happy Spring to everyone!

Fiona Bearclaw shared new artwork this week and I thought it fit the occasion nicely, This beaver looks ready for the new season, don’t you think?

I will tell you soon how to buy your very own copy but in the meantime it might interest you to watch a very playful coyote investigate this very cautious beaver. We discussed this on the beaver management forum and agreed that beaver is hunkering to avoid being any more interesting to the coyote.

Watch this beaver slap its tail and even lunge at a coyote in downtown Calgary

Don’t worry. No beavers were harmed in the capturing of these photos.

At least according to Caillie Mutterback, who was lucky enough to witness this exchange in person on Thursday just before 7 p.m. while out at Prince’s Island Park in downtown Calgary.

 

Click on the headline to see another video at much closer range that I am unable to share. As far as anyone knows things don’t end badly for the beaver. But you can see he isn’t taking any chances that the coyote gets any more curious or brave.