the busy beavers page

"What say we go gnaw on some branches, old chap?"
"Sounds like a capital idea, old chum. Off we go then!"

 

beaver dams

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The beavers have been busy building over a half dozen dams along the three main forks of the Rockaway River inlet. That's what beavers do, after all. Where do you think the expression "busy as a beaver" comes from? When the water is high you can just get over them in your boat and go farther upstream, where you'll find … another beaver dam.

 

 

lodges

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Home, home on Lake Swannanoa
Where the beavers and the muskrat do swim
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word

 

See links below for cross-section example drawings showing entrance and water level.

 

Below is a sub-lodge to the east of the main lodge. Possibly for practice by younger beavers?

 

beaver activity

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Where do they get all their dam and lodge construction material? Wherever they can reach it.
Sharp teeth, strong jaws, clean cuts.

 

They eat the layer just under the bark. Not trying to take the tree down here, just enjoying dinner. As long as the bark isn't stripped all the way around, the tree should heal. Serviceberry trunk shown below.

 

 

links

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NatureWorks: Beaver - Castor canadensis

The Beaver (Castor canadensis)

American Beaver Castor canadensis

American Beaver From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mammal Fact Sheets: Beaver The beaver is the largest rodent in North America.

The Beaver. The Animals of British Columbia, Canada - BC Adventure Network

Beavers: Wetlands & Wildlife (BWW) Created to help people live in harmony with beavers and other wildlife.

 

Beaver Solutions

Beaver Biology

Tree Protection from Beaver Chewing

Beaver Benefits - A Keystone Species

 

The Wilderness Classroom: Beavers, Beaver lodge

Beaver Lodges & Beavers (photo album)

Beaver Lodge (nature video with musical accompaniment; Age Rating: G - general audiences)

Beaver Lodges

Beaver Lodge - Picture - MSN Encarta (shows a cross-section of lodge structure)

Beavers – Nature's Engineers (kids page from Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area site)

World's Largest Beaver – Beaverlodge, Alberta (quite large Canadian roadside attraction)

The "Beaver Dam" Correspondence Between the State of Michigan and a Land Owner-Truth!

Compubeaver … nature, technology, and science converge!

 

The Angry Beavers (Norbert & Daggett)

(animated series originally aired on Nickelodeon cable TV network, reruns on Nicktoons Network)

The Angry Beavers: Information From Answers.com

The Angry Beavers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Retrojunk, Your Memory Machine: The Angry Beavers Show Info (with show intro clip!)

Wes's Angry Beavers Homepage