Rare white beaver wows Ottawa-area wildlife watchers
On a river near Perth, Ont., a boatload of wildlife photographers silently stalked their quarry on a recent fall evening.
With an electric trolling motor providing propulsion, the water remained millpond-flat as they glided upstream. But then a splash rang out like a shot as their target’s tail slapped the water and the creature dove beneath the surface.
The mythical white beaver had smelled them.
