So this was actually a birding moment. A couple of springs ago, I was photographing a large flock of cedar waxwings as they fed in a cottonwood tree on the edge of a lake. As I knelt at the water’s edge with the lake behind me and facing the tree, I thought I saw movement out of the corner of my eye. This beaver was swimming by about ten feet away. He or she was on a mission but I was able to get a couple of photos, including this one, as it went by.