Well, today we had some friends visiting from France. So I decided to take them for a drive around the area, and then for a short hike near my house on the Niagara Escarpment to show them what our area of Canada was like.
We hiked to the edge of the escarpment cliffs and soaked in the wonderful views, then we hiked inland to a natural pond, almost a lake created by one of the local beavers. I had been there several times in the last year and seen evidence that it was a beaver created natural wetland. Anyway, as we were standing by the waters edge, who should arrive? None other than the creator of this wonderful wetland.
Turn up the volume if you want to hear the hilarious commentary by one of our french guests. Unfortunately the other video I took had too much sun glare to be viewable. The beaver kept circling back again and again to check us out. No fear.
Now I know he's there and not very afraid of people, I think I might get a real HD video cam and try to spend a couple of days getting some real video of him/her.
Anyway, I could not have asked for a better short hike. Beautiful scenery, good company and I got to see in person the animal that creates so much habitat for others up close and in person.
I saw God today!
Btw, the Title of this diary derives from the iconic series of public service messages aired by the Canadian Government back in the 60's, 'Hinterland Who's Who:{animal}'. I guess series must have been inspired by the owl.