Sunday, April 26, 2020

Busy Beavers

We went for a bike ride along the river to Sycamore Haven which is a dead end street so traffic there is not a problem.  There are some ups and downs with the road so we get to coast and also get to work.  I noticed these trees on the roadside.
I knew that beavers would gnaw on big trees but why work on such a big one when there are plenty of small ones nearby.
Also, once that tree is down, there is no way for a beaver or even several beavers to move it.  Unless their plan is to gnaw the limbs off and use them. 
I never saw wood chips with teeth marks in them before. Crazy beavers.  Now I understand the saying, "busy as a beaver".  These critters have a monumental task when they choose such a large tree.

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