When Diane moved from a big city to the little town of Field in Ontario, Canada, she wasn’t sure how to coexist with the wildlife that was suddenly all around her. That’s how she got into trail cameras.
“I had to make a choice: stay in the house afraid of all the wildlife … or just go outside and be brave,” Diane, owner of the Facebook page Adventurous Diane, told The Dodo. “It took about 3 years, but I am no longer afraid. I have 16 trail cameras spread over 30 miles and hike the bush alone all the time. It is a true honour and privilege to venture into wilderness that has not been disturbed.”
Diane monitors the footage from her various trail cameras and loves seeing who pops up to say hello. Bears, deer, wolves, raccoons, lynx, otters, geese, squirrels and various birds have all made appearances. One of her cameras is set up near an abandoned pond that was in total disrepair, and recently a beaver showed up and decided to move back in.
Beavers build dams to protect themselves from predators and do so by chopping down trees with their large front teeth. Chipping away at the bark and eventually getting the trees to fall can take some time, but this beaver was up for the challenge.
As the beaver worked hard to do some home improvement work on the disheveled pond, he soon turned his attention to the tree where Diane’s camera happened to be — and decided it had to go.
“When the beaver starts to cut down the tree, it is bumping my camera, making it go side to side,” Diane said. “This goes on for two full days, resulting in about 300 pictures of the movement, until finally the tree falls down.”
Diane was watching the footage when, suddenly, the camera fell. When the dust settled, the camera was facing up toward the sky, and Diane couldn’t stop laughing.
“[I was in] total shock, and then I had to laugh,” Diane said. “I was so grateful my camera was OK.”
Diane went out to the scene of the crime and found her camera, chopped down but unharmed. Instead of admitting defeat, she kept the camera where it was, this time attaching it to a stick in the ground and tying that to what was left of the tree.
Diane hasn’t seen her beaver friend in person, but his presence is everywhere. She’s excited to capture more footage of him as time goes on, and just hopes that he’ll leave the camera alone from now on.
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