Checking out the local pond life

 I once startled a beaver that was foraging late during the night and I've heard them down by the river loudly gnawing on wood, but I have yet to get a good look at one.  All I've seen so far has been their unmistakable signs. 

Two stumps of recently harvested trees.  The beavers tend to leave these stumps in a very sharply pointed state, which make them down-right dangerous for anyone trying to walk though the area. 
The beaver lodge. 
 The turtles on our ranch are very illusive, so I had to sneak up on them to get a picture.  

I've heard of turtle stacking, but never seen it before. 
Even more turtles.