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Beaver's Progress
Tue Feb 01 2011


Okay Dad, here you go...

The dogs and I went out yesterday to check out our neighbor Mr. Beaver.

You know that old saying 'busy as a beaver'?

Well, he seems to fit the stereotype. This looks like very fresh work eh?

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This trip, I walked straight down the creek and found another creation of his. I think it's an older one that he gave up on because there was a major setback when the tree he wanted to fall over the creek... went the wrong way...

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This must have been a major bummer at the time.

But farther down the creek we discovered that the pond is getting bigger...

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Sunny was quite interested in Mr. Beaver's house.. and if she was more of a swimmer, may have gone over to pay him a call. But as soon as Sunny's feet don't touch bottom, she turns around and comes back. Esther Williams she is not.

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It's hard to tell, but the mound he lives in?... he didn't have to build. It is a natural mound of earth and rocks with that tree growing on it. I'm sure he thinks it's a sweet deal. He's working on cutting down that one tree to the right that is leaning. When he gets that to fall it will make a great addition to his dam, which is quite wide... You can't really see it in this picture, but he has a fiberglass car bumper right in there with the boards and sticks. He must be into recycling.

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I have all this evidence of his obvious habitation of the area, but still have never clapped eyes on him myself. I may have to come down alone one day and set myself up somewhere in a good lookout spot fortified with bread and butter, hot tea, and a good book and see if I can spot him.

I'll put it on the agenda.




5 Comments
  • From:
    Blueheron (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Feb 01 2011
    LOL, in the first photo it looks like Mr. Beaver is into woodworking, maybe carving a totem pole. Interesting to watch his habitat in progress.
  • From:
    Dustbunny3 (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Feb 02 2011
    He/She has been BUSY, Could be the start of Mather Pond.EH.They are very SHY but protect thier area with a loud smack of thier tail..
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Feb 02 2011
    Now that is just way too amazing.
    I just love nature and the critters we share this planet with.
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Feb 02 2011
    What a fun thing to be able to watch. I hope you get to see the architect one of these days. :)
  • From:
    404Error (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Feb 02 2011
    What a beautiful little pond! That's quite a pond he's built. I, too, hope you get to see Bob the (beaver) Builder. I've been lucky enough to see beavers at work. I was lucky enough to see them because I was floating down the river on an innertube at the time. I was quiet and they didn't know I was there until I was practically right on top of them. As soon as they saw me, SLAP! went their broad little tails and under the water they went. I guess they came up inside their... nest? Den? Whatever it's called, I never saw them again.