Willow in spring

Willow, my old friend, survived the trials of her winter dam break, and has now moved upstream to the restore the pond I call the Balsams. She looks like she is doing well, and there is a young male with her. I do not know if this is the same male she was with last year, since I have not seen another beaver with her since late fall last year.

It is a noisy time of year. Spring peepers raise a din. A pair of geese hunkers down in the sedges nearby.