A Very Busy Beaver

There are several beavers in the ponds where we live.  It's interesting watching their behaviors and it's quite challenging to photograph them: they're super-fast swimmers and the light changes with each direction they take, thanks to the rippling, reflecting trail they leave behind them.  And they always will express their annoyance at your presence with sudden slaps of their tail upon the water.  But I managed to snap a few pictures of one particular beaver (on two different days) that seemed to actually strike a few poses for me!

                                                                          Whack!