Critter sighting on Maple Leaf trip

Oops - out of order here but need to get this photo up. Maple Leaf (Express) is the train up through NY state from NY to Montreal where I stayed with Ju, Aisling and Cormack (and Paul but he is a busy beaver at work)... Aisling is so totally gorgeous, chatterbox, and nail polish afficianado - Hope they get to come to Ottawa next week and we can look around. Anyhow there were numerous critter sightings on the trip which is beautiful as the train travels through the Hudson Valley and along the side of what must be part of the great lakes so it is largely views of lake with wooded hills coming down to the waters edge. Very little habitation but you stop at a little village every hour or so...
Anyhow the only critter photo I caught was of a beaver's nest (that is the brown mound in the water) in what must be shallows that last several kms before getting to the large lake expanse (think of standing at Moreton Bay and looking out to the islands is the expanse of the lake there... In Chicago it is like looking at the ocean and there is no land in sight from the shore there)... There were also deer (missed them or it was getting dark), many different water birds, eagles, and in the fields (perhaps corn - all mowed low so not sure) were turkeys just strutting around - and they are BIG, and geese - is that a gaggle of geese? Not sure... Pretty cute anyhow! Sorry for the quality of the pics - these are taken as the train was moving.

Here is a town on the way in the Hudson Valley so maybe an hour or so out of New York City - not that you could imagine the difference!