u/markgravesdesign

Six days and five nights of activity near one busy beaver dam and a culvert, packed into about 9 minutes and 30 seconds in Beaverton, Oregon. The wetland is surrounded by apartments and small businesses near Barnes Road and Cedar Hills Blvd.

The video includes all the usual suspects: busy beavers, nutria, muskrats, great blue herons, egrets, a mink, waterfowl and raccoons.

PS. If you want to see the bobcats, coyotes, mink and the rest, I built a Facebook group where folks in the Portland-area are posting urban Portland-area wildlife clips. NO AI. There are some real gems posted so far.

About a third of the urban wildlife captures on the the beaver dam in Beaverton, Ore., from April 13 to 30, 2026.

A good mix of critters in this one, including all the usual suspects: beavers, muskrats, great blue herons, a bullfrog, a snake, mink, a green heron, ducklings galore and other waterfowl.

I’ve noticed the duckling groups are getting smaller. Dangerous world out there for those delicate little critters.

You might have seen the Jaw Wars video. Here’s the Jaw Wars photos between Toby and Viggo in my SE Portland, Oregon, backyard from the past couple of days.

I’ve been posting way too many dog photos lately. After this, I’m taking a break for at least a week.

After the five-day Battle Royale, Toby has gone home to his parents, and both dogs have been sleeping like a stack of bricks.

You might have seen the Jaw Wars video. Here’s the Jaw Wars photos between Toby and Viggo in my SE Portland backyard from the past couple of days.

I’ve been posting way too many dog photos lately. After this, I’m taking a break for at least a week.

After the five-day Battle Royale, Toby has gone home to his parents, and both dogs have been sleeping like a stack of bricks.

Here’s the last round of Jaw Wars photos between Toby and Viggo in my SE Portland backyard from the past couple of days.

I’ve been posting way too many dog photos lately. After this, I’m taking a break for at least a week.

After the five-day Battle Royale, Toby has gone home to his parents, and both dogs have been sleeping like they roofied each other.

Viggo turned 5 last week, on April 21. No fancy birthday meal. No party hat. Just about five days of Jaw Wars with his amigo Toby. Endless, pure face-biting joy.

The game is simple: bite your opponent’s head as many times as possible before they bite yours.

I finally found a use for my security cameras: dog playing time-lapses. This is a small sample of Nest Cam clips from the last four days — definitely not all of them.

FWIW: Viggo picked up a few small scratches on his head and neck, but they’re already healing. Baby battle scars! Toby has gone home to his parents, who said he does not smell like skunk. For the record, Viggo got sprayed square in the face a few weeks ago. So, I was worried about it.