Ack! Blooger is driving me crazy... I haven't been able to comment on my own &$#(*&% blog!
Well anyway, yep that's a beaver-chewed stick. They always leave those little tell-tale teeth marks.
Those rocks were down at the creekside, FC. I think they're cool too!
This afternoon I spent a bit of time clearing out the drainage pipe by the driveway. Yep a beaver had been trying to stuff it full of large sticks. (There was also some styrofoam, half of a picture frame, and a ratty blue hardhat.)
Beavers can be really annoying, but you have to admire them. When you see what they build, it's truly amazing. I saw a 5 tier beaver dam going up a slope on the south side of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in Delaware. 5 terraced ponds....totally amazing. You almost expected to see little beavers with survey equipment and plans and well, hardhats. How big was that hardhat you found? Beaver sized?
I always love your pictures and adventures... hope those pesky beavers incorporate some drainange this year for your driveway! They are sure persistent buggers when they want to be!
I'm perplexed. I'll guess it's a quill of some sort. Porcupine?
ReplyDeleteLooks rather like a midnight snack to me. :)
ReplyDeleteBeaver floss?
ReplyDeleteHey those rocks are beautiful! Beaver and rock envy.
At least it's notter an otter.
Ack! Blooger is driving me crazy... I haven't been able to comment on my own &$#(*&% blog!
ReplyDeleteWell anyway, yep that's a beaver-chewed stick. They always leave those little tell-tale teeth marks.
Those rocks were down at the creekside, FC. I think they're cool too!
This afternoon I spent a bit of time clearing out the drainage pipe by the driveway. Yep a beaver had been trying to stuff it full of large sticks. (There was also some styrofoam, half of a picture frame, and a ratty blue hardhat.)
Beavers can be really annoying, but you have to admire them. When you see what they build, it's truly amazing. I saw a 5 tier beaver dam going up a slope on the south side of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in Delaware. 5 terraced ponds....totally amazing. You almost expected to see little beavers with survey equipment and plans and well, hardhats. How big was that hardhat you found? Beaver sized?
ReplyDeleteI always love your pictures and adventures... hope those pesky beavers incorporate some drainange this year for your driveway! They are sure persistent buggers when they want to be!
ReplyDeleteI *thought* that's what it was, but it was a nicely obscure mystery.
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