A couple of weeks ago, a Canadian icon appeared in our backyard. Stomping Tom Connors? Buffy Saint Marie? Anne Murray? Terry Fox? None of the above. It was a beaver, Castor canadensis, one of the official symbols of Canada. This particular official symbol of Canada showed up where the brook runs behind the house and quickly began gnawing down all the young birch trees out back. It hauled its hefty bulk - beavers can weigh up to 32 kilos - up the hill and used its “exceptional teeth,” as Hinterland Who’s Who refers to them, to butcher a young stand of birch out back.
‘Where still the might moose wanders at will…blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more’…I haven’t thought of that song in many years! Thanks Charles and great read by the way!
Thanks for this - loved it!
‘Where still the might moose wanders at will…blue lake and rocky shore I will return once more’…I haven’t thought of that song in many years! Thanks Charles and great read by the way!