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Swimming beaver, Cabin John Creek |
Last week I saw unmistakable evidence of a beaver in Cabin John Creek. I decided to try and take a picture of the actual beaver. It took me a couple of days to do it since beavers are nocturnal and go to bed right around sunrise, but as you can see, I managed.
When this beaver noticed me it swam upstream for a bit then, with a splash went under water and didn't come back up. I believe it swam to it's lodge and decided it was bed time.
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Beaver stripped branch |
Beavers eat the bark off tree branches, so there were branches without bark floating in the water. This is one of the telltale signs of active beavers.
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Beaver Branch closeup |
Here's a closer shot of a branch that a beaver has eaten the bark off of. You can see the gnaw marks on it.
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Beaver eaten tree |
A beaver stripped some of the bark off this sapling but left it standing. You can see a few gnaw marks on it.
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