Fresh Beaver Marks on Tree

This is the perfect example of my luck photographing mammals! I see them fairly frequently, but can never get shots of them. They either hear me before I can get close enough, or I freeze when seeing them and don't manage to get a shot. The tree in this photo had fresh beaver claw and tooth marks on it, and the beaver scampered away at my approach. I was so close!

Beavers are incredible animals. They are determined, hard-working engineers and sometimes pests. Their teeth grow continuously during their life and they eat . They eat leaves, bark, twigs, ferns, shrubs, water plants, grass, and fish.

Habitat: Tree on the edge of a pond. Beaver lodge and food plots were nearby.

Slightly older marks:

comments (3)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

One day! I think it's pretty typical to not get a lot of close encounters with mammals, most photographers focusing on them go into great length to camouflage themselves and wait for hours. Always possible to get lucky though. Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Ah, well...I definitely don't camouflage myself or sit still that long! I have had close encounters with fox, bobcats, coyotes, bears, and moose though. But, they usually run away the second I spot them. Except for the coyote, which had a staring contest with me for several minutes. I froze though and didn't get a shot. And, not the moose either, actually. It was a mother and a baby and was one of my coolest nature encounters...I was working at a summer camp in northern Maine and went hiking in the rain. I came upon the moose mom and baby as they were eating grasses from a pond. I was about 5 meters from them. I watched them for quite awhile, and they couldn't have cared less. It was magical <3. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Awesome! Posted 6 years ago