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Beaver Dam

This appears to be a long established beaver dam.  I'm not sure if it is still inhabited. We plan to go here again and perhaps I might talk to someone who might know.

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Lost In The Trees - i've always loved the fall

Beaver Dam

This appears to be a long established beaver dam.  I'm not sure if it is still inhabited. We plan to go here again and perhaps I might talk to someone who might know.

Click to Play:
Lost In The Trees - i've always loved the fall

comments (11)

  • Ray
  • Thailand
  • 1 Nov 2009, 00:22
Exquisite palette, Mary. You live in a beautiful place.
Mary MacADNski: I absolutely do but can not buy orchids for a buck fifty.
  • zed
  • Australia
  • 1 Nov 2009, 03:40
Never realised they were so large Mary
Mary MacADNski: They are very cool. I remember studying them in schooldays.
This looks like a very nice place ,the trees are a lovely colour to,if I had found some thing like this I would and visit it lots hopeing to see a beaver,good spoting I hope you see a nice little family.
Mary MacADNski: It's a wonderful place and in two days we saw only a man and his dog rushing through. It is hardly used at all.
Perfectly composed autumn shot.
Perfectly composed shot of the beaver dam, too.
I'd never given beavers more than a passing thought before, now I have to go looking for information. Wikipedia and Google - here I come!
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Sheila. Beaver's are imprinted on Canada's five cent piece and are certainly a symbol of this country.
A wonderful autumn shot. Very nicely composed Mary!
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Richard. After last night's severe wind there may not be a colour left on the island.
They certainly know how to build don't they Mary, this is big.
Mary MacADNski: A house made of sticks. I could not believe how big beavers get - up to 40 pounds or so. Much like a large Aussi wombat.
  • Alan
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • 1 Nov 2009, 12:15
Even before I saw the title and your notes, I thought that this may have been a beaver dam. Amazing!
Mary MacADNski: I had one a couple of years ago here but this spot was better for a nicer shot - and at the right season.
A glorious sight..and to think that animals built this. Very nice Mary.
Mary MacADNski: Yes and probably created the little islands that are on the ponds.
Love the autumn highlights in this one. (:o)
Mary MacADNski: That might be the end of the leaves with the wind we got last night.
Really nice shot with those trees at the back Mary.
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Linda. It is a beautiful location.
Mary,what a beautiful picture of a beaver pond.What you have here is a lodge,the den the beavers live in. I would love to see the dam that's holding all that water in.We have a non-profit that works to save beavers.
www.martinezbeavers.org
Mary MacADNski: There are two large ponds and the beavers are working on creating more. We have lots of beavers on the island. Some are live-trapped to be moved when they flood roadways or damage bridges.

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