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Posted by Melissa Burchard,
North Country explorer from Canton, NY
North Country explorer from Canton, NY
May 16, 2017 —
Came inches from destroying the spider's web with my face. Happily I noticed it just in time and then was able to instead provide it with a small portion of the blackfly cloud I travelled with:)
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beaver
wood frog
spider
tree swallows
wood ducks
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Comments
Emlyn Crocker
Talk about close encounters! Not every day you have a staring contest with a beaver. Thanks for sharing!
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Sydney Baker
Really love these photos and how they are all so different!
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