"I'm going down to visit Barry!" This is a new phrase for me.
I just wish Barry could help with this dead birch tree! It's been leaning since the hurricane a few years ago.
This is what I noticed in November... He's taken about 20 trees down, and left 2 or 3 widow makers.
I saw him (her?) in the pond after I snuck up carefully on the crunchy leaves.
The coyote knows very well Barry is here. I captured video of it climbing the hill where the beaver uses the same path. It looks like it is a difficult uphill climb. I did it yesterday and I can verify that.
The beaver's been up and down. I spliced two videos, as coyote is still checking the area out. The trailcam (actually the bird cam) scared him!
Barry's going up and down quite frequently! Winter approaches...
I have tried to map my find. It is tricky.
We've lots of trees, 16 acres worth. We'll see what happens.
9 comments:
I am told that they never stop.
It is sad the beavers do so much damage to the trees.
Take care, have a great week ahead.
Hari OM
A beaver's work is never done! I suppose if there were some trees you felt particularly protective of, you could collar them with metal to discourage Barry. Otherwise s/he is helping the husbandry of nature... YAM xx
Good old Barry.
Since he/she is taking down spindly trees, the ones that are left should grow better. I hope there’s not an encounter between coyote and beaver.
I love that you name your wildlife residents!
Beavers are always busy and how lovely that you can go down and visit Barry :)
All the best Jan
We have had a lot of arguments with beaver, most of them lost. I have a really funny photo of our daughter tearing the top off a dam that they build across one of our trails and flooded it. Directly after we had finished brushing it out. Funny now but ... damn the dams.
They are busy.
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