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Spring Farm Cares' Wildlife Refuge Surprise

2009.05.28
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It's idyllic.Fifty acres of farm sanctuary and 200 acres of wildlife sanctuary. Below is the barn with horses, a wise old donkey, sheep, goats, barn cats, etc. and on the right is George Kigercat Hall, designed by and named after a cat. It's where rooms and rooms of cats live in comfort and will be able to live there forever.
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I crossed the road to the wildlife sanctuary and found a pile of logs where a curious and bold little fellow came out to see what I was doing.
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I was very pleased and surprised to find a pond!
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and lots of fallen logs on one side.
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I thought "Wow! This looks like a beaver dam!", but I'd never seen one so I couldn't be sure.
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As I scanned the area for birds, I put my binoculars down, and couldn't believe my eyes! A beaver was silently swimming towards me.
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I thought he'd go under water if he saw me, but he came closer...
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... and closer...
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... and closer...
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... and closer...
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... until he was within fifteen feet of me. Then I saw why he was so focused...
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The naturalist had left some apples in the pond and the beavers knew where to go to get them. Right in front of me, he snagged this one.
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I thought that was great and I wouldn't see him again, but pretty soon he came back to munch on some aspen leaves.
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He looked up at me for a moment...
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... then went back to munching leaves and chewing branches.
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When he'd had enough, he dragged a branch back to the den and dove under.
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West of the Adirondacks, outside a small town called Clinton, NY, there is a 200 acre wildlife refuge, actively managed by a full time naturalist who is restoring the habitat. I took a walk there, planning on birdwatching when I had a wonderful surprise!
7 Comments
ScubaLiz Wow! GREAT set! I love the little chipmunk, but the beaver shots are awesome!
ScubaLiz · 2009-05-29: 00:15
urmysunshine How cool, what a great opportunity!!~
urmysunshine · 2009-05-29: 09:45
gderuiter What a fun experience! Tell the chipmunk to stay away from the cat house!
gderuiter · 2009-05-29: 11:24
mystic1 Great shots!! Looks like the delta in my area, real nice closeup of the Beaver
mystic1 · 2009-05-29: 15:35
PennyWyatt Wonderful post, thank you for sharing
PennyWyatt · 2009-05-30: 00:38
oakley Very great shots!!
oakley · 2009-05-31: 23:44
greglip Very cool and as always, your captions really make it! I think we saw a beaver last year when biking the C&O canal but it wasn't quite close enough to be sure. Maybe it could have been a muskrat but it went down under what appeared to be a beaver dam.
greglip · 2009-06-02: 13:23
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Category: Wildlife
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Tagged: beavers muskrats nature wildlife sanctuary ny clinton
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