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North American beaver

Castor canadensis

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41.5711, -73.6707

Field Notes

Description:

Found this deep in the woods. I'm not sure what species does this to trees?

Habitat:

Deep woods away from civilisation. Near a small pond with fresh water. Lots of rock cover for protection.

Notes:

First guess, Black Bear, Beaver

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North American Beaver

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North American beaver

Castor canadensis

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KarenL
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Comments (5)
KarenL
I understand they use the small branches for food & to repair their lodges - the larger ones for their dams. You can see where the tree has been gnawed - to my knowledge beaver are the only creatures able to do this to that extent. There's a lot of info on wiki - I precis'd it for one of my spottings of a beaver lodge & dam - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8980445
hudsonvalleyhikers
I'm liking the Beaver theory, we've also had Black Bear in the area. Do Beaver collect these small log like specimens?
KarenL
It looks like the beavers have been busy! Welcome to Project Noah!

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PublishedFebruary 23, 2012

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