On the way home from work I stopped at Antrim Park to do some birding.
Robins were most numerous there but there was no short supply of White-
Breasted Nuthatches or Carolina Chickadees. I went down the path that
runs along the Olentangy River. There was a Great Blue Heron fishing as
well as a Kingfisher. On a sycamore tree that reaches out over the water
was a male/ female pair of Wood Ducks standing on a branch looking
around. They were probably looking for a suitable nesting cavity. As I
was standing there looking at the Wood Ducks, I saw something that
appeared to be a log in the water but then I noticed it was moving
upstream. I moved closer to observe it scaring the ducks away. What I
saw was a beaver.
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