Winter Lodgings

Photograph by John Warner , National Geographic Your Shot

A solitary beaver pauses at dawn on its way home from a night of chewing off tree branches, newly within reach under the weight of freshly fallen snow. Your Shot member John Warner explains that the beaver, a mate, and two kits appeared late in the fall on Montana s Lake Elmo and hastily built a lodge before the winter freeze.

Warner s picture recently appeared in the Your Shot assignment First Light .

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