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Recent Beaver Activity
During a few recent kayak outings, I have noticed that the beavers are quite active right now … guess they were beginning to experience cabin fever, too! Besides conducting extensive repairs to the lodge (bringing in and placing cut-down saplings on the lodge), they have been very active swimming around … at least when I […]
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Tags: beaver, behavior, Blog, Cass County, kayaking, mammals, Missouri, nature, nature photography, spring
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New Neighbors, Part 2
(This post originally published in November 2010) Yesterday, I posted some beaver images that I made in a creek near my home. Today’s post is from the same location, on two subsequent mornings. Fortunately, the beavers at this location have remained active and allow me to get quite close. Here are a few of my […]
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Tags: beaver, behavior, Blog, Cass County, fall, mammals, Missouri, nature, nature photography
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New Neighbors
(This post originally published in November 2010) Not long ago, while driving over a bridge on the way home, I noticed that our nearby creek appeared to be blocked up, causing the water level to be about 3-4 feet higher than normal. A few days later, I again crossed the bridge and saw a sure […]
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Tags: beaver, behavior, Blog, Cass County, fall, mammals, Missouri, nature, nature photography
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You Know Winter’s Approaching …
(This post originally published in October 2010) … whenever beavers pile freshly-cut saplings on top of their lodge, and pile plenty of mud around them to keep them in place: Lately, I have noticed this activity around 2 of the area beaver lodges I frequent. Unfortunately, this construction/repair activity almost always occurs during the nightime […]
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Tags: beaver, behavior, Blog, Cass County, fall, kayaking, lodge, mammals, Missouri, nature, nature photography
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The Challenges Continue
A couple of weeks ago, I made an early morning hike to reach one of the beaver lodges I routinely kayaked to earlier this year. But water levels here are now not navigable … even when ice is not on the water, the water level is so low that it is impossible to navigate this […]
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Tags: beaver, behavior, Blog, Cass County, lodge, mammals, Missouri, nature, nature photography, winter
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High Activity
If you read yesterday’s post “Simple Beauty”, I mentioned kayaking to check out a local population of American Beavers (Castor canadensis). With this year’s drought conditions, the water level is really low. In fact, most of the beaver lodge is now above water! Well, after photographing the great foggy landscapes for a while, I paddled […]
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Tags: beaver, behavior, Blog, Cass County, fall, fog, kayaking, mammals, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography from a kayak
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