Mystery Photo
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This entry was posted on November 10, 2016 by Mary Holland. It was filed under Mystery Photo, November, Uncategorized .
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Looks like a beaver family larder – they will use this pile of brush to feed on in the winter under the ice. Will not have to run through the snow or risk coyote attack to eat!
November 10, 2016 at 7:54 am
stock pile of food ready to be taken down under water and stored for the winter then the bark is eaten and the branch is used in the spring for dam work.
November 10, 2016 at 6:15 pm
Yes, that looks right…www.beaverbros-ecohumanesystems.com
November 11, 2016 at 11:05 pm
beaver dam!
November 10, 2016 at 7:57 am
Looks like beavers at work. That start of a lodge.
November 10, 2016 at 7:57 am
Beavers
November 10, 2016 at 7:59 am
Stockpile of food in a beaver pond
November 10, 2016 at 8:00 am
Yep, I’m with Chris – looks like a beaver den.
November 10, 2016 at 8:01 am
Could a beaver lodge have been constructed, then the portion that was initially above water been submerged when the pond level rose, maybe due to the beavers’ own dam building activity?
November 10, 2016 at 8:02 am
A muskrat lodge and possibly a muskrat heading out for some more limbs… :>)
November 10, 2016 at 8:02 am
Beaver’s winter food store.
November 10, 2016 at 8:06 am
You are correct about winter food supply.
November 10, 2016 at 9:09 pm
A flooded beaver lodge?
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November 10, 2016 at 8:11 am
Beaver cache
November 10, 2016 at 8:13 am
Beaver storage?
November 10, 2016 at 8:16 am
Beaver left-overs!
November 10, 2016 at 8:21 am
Mystery photo – deer?
November 10, 2016 at 8:22 am
Muskrat lodge
November 10, 2016 at 8:27 am
Beaver dam
November 10, 2016 at 8:30 am
Beaver’s winter food supply pile, stacked with heavy logs to weight it down.
November 10, 2016 at 8:32 am
A Beaver pantry…
November 10, 2016 at 8:39 am
I bet there’s a beaver in the back, pushing the pile to where he’ll improve his lodge and eat the extras this winter?
November 10, 2016 at 8:42 am
Braver cache for winter
November 10, 2016 at 8:44 am
wood cuttings by beaver
November 10, 2016 at 8:46 am
Winter food storage
November 10, 2016 at 8:52 am
Beavers?
November 10, 2016 at 9:02 am
Food cache for winter.
November 10, 2016 at 9:06 am
Muskrat lodge?
November 10, 2016 at 9:17 am
Beaver cache.
November 10, 2016 at 9:22 am
A beaver’s food cache raft. I think Sheila’s onto something there.
November 10, 2016 at 9:35 am
Beaver cache?
November 10, 2016 at 9:38 am
A beaver’s winter food stash OR the beginning of a giant, sucking whirlpool(!)
November 10, 2016 at 9:41 am
Yup, going with a beaver cache as well. Seen ’em in the ponds near us as well.
November 10, 2016 at 9:53 am
a section of beaver dam ready to be floated into place
November 10, 2016 at 9:55 am
Beaver house? Nat
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November 10, 2016 at 10:31 am
Looks like well-established Phragmites crowding out the native plants that would otherwise provide food for the beavers who made the winter cache in the foreground.
November 10, 2016 at 10:37 am
Beaver winter food storage.
November 10, 2016 at 10:54 am
Part of a beaver dam that broke away in the floods?
November 10, 2016 at 10:54 am
It looks like the beginning of a beaver dam but that’s probably too easy.
November 10, 2016 at 12:05 pm
Beaver food cache! 🙂
November 10, 2016 at 12:37 pm
Beaver Cache for winter
November 10, 2016 at 1:34 pm
beaver food cache for winter–sign of an active lodge.
November 10, 2016 at 1:38 pm
is it a cache of branches near a beaver lodge for their winter food supply?
Richard Greene
November 10, 2016 at 2:25 pm
It’s a raft of beaver cuttings
November 10, 2016 at 2:43 pm
Beaver food for winter. Hope the water level rises so it is under the ice.
November 10, 2016 at 4:59 pm
Beaver pantry
November 10, 2016 at 6:35 pm
Right on Gramma Penny
November 10, 2016 at 6:38 pm
Beaver Pantry!
November 10, 2016 at 7:18 pm
Muscrat
November 10, 2016 at 7:46 pm
Since I first went into a beaver lodge as a boy, I have watched them anchor their food supply in their ponds near the lodge. They are certainly one of our most fascinating neighbors in the Kingdom. John
November 10, 2016 at 9:06 pm
I believe the two lines are caused by a beaver. He can be seen close to the right-hand margin of the picture. I’m
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