I have found a couple of very active beaver ponds in Elk Island National Park. They are my go-to places as the sun begins to set.

On my last visit, there were 5 large beavers swimming, gathering food and grooming. The food gatherer didn't have much luck with the branch that he/she was after. A tree had been gnawed down but it got caught up in a wire fence. Each time the beaver grabbed for a branch, the tree bounced up and down on the wire. It was quite comical to watch this one try to grab the branch. Imagine all that work gnawing the tree down and then having it get caught up in the fence. 

The groomer came out of the water and proceeded to give itself a good scratch. When I saw how long it's claws were, I was glad it was him and not me.

Most of my time there was spent watching them swim gracefully through the water; sometimes alone and sometimes together. A couple of them looked like they were doing a little water dance. 

Time flew by. When I checked my watch, I realized that almost 2 hours had gone by. It was a great way to spend the evening. That is my kind of reality show.

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