As I was photographing the activity surrounding a beaver lodge in Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, I could hear baby sounds emerging from the lodge. 

The adults were mostly busy around dusk and dawn doing what beavers do, collecting materials to build the lodge, but the babies stayed put out of sight in the safety of the lodge.  Beavers mate somewhere between January and March with the babies being born around April - May.  Since babies spend their first month inside the lodge, I wasn't expecting to see one out and about.

On the second day, I was amazed to see one of the babies emerging from the lodge. It was great fun watching the baby clumsily walk ashore, ready to fall over at any moment it seemed.

And, for whatever reason, it must have thought I looked interesting as it wiggled over to me! I shot a few shots with the big lens before retreating to give the baby its space.

Stay tuned for a video showing this cute baby ...

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