Beaver

[Lawdwaz]

My wife & I took a little hike this morning to a local park.  Snowshoes were the mode of travel and it was fun and great exercise.

 

Along the way we were right next to Ellicott Creek and we saw where the local beavers were working hard.  I'm always intrigued by their work.  No dam that I saw, just trees that being worked on.  Just another amazing animal amongst us!

 

I grabbed a couple quick pics with my phone of some smaller trees and unfortunately didn't snap a shot of a couple HUGE trees, probably 40" in diameter.  I don't know if they'll ever get through them!?!?

 

 

 

 

[wooly]

My neighbor across the road has a busy beaver that's been working the creek bottom for a few years now.

This past fall before hunting season, he went through and freshened up his posted signs with a new frame of fluorescent orange paint around each sign along the edge.

On my way out one morning I noticed damn near every tree that had a sign on it had been reduced to a pointy stump and a pile of wood chips,lol.

I think the beav thought the landowner was marking what trees he wanted removed and was trying to help.

I've seen a few spots where they've dropped 60ft poplars further downstream and chunked them up into 4 footers to haul them away. They sure can get a lot of work done in a short time.

 

[Pygmy]

Beavers never cease to amaze me..

I was fishing one time on Keuka Lake outlet at Dresden, where it flows into Seneca Lake..

My partner and I walked past a cottonwood that the beavers had dropped, a tree that must have been nearly 3 feet in diameter..

My buddy, who tends to be prone to understatement, stopped, looked at the tree and then said...

" The SOB must have been out of his MIND !!"....

[G-Man]

Destructive, yet creative creatures.. if your the landowner losing valuable trees you pray for beaver hats to come back into fashion........

[Lawdwaz]

Destructive, yet creative creatures.. if your the landowner losing valuable trees you pray for beaver hats to come back into fashion........