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The beavers moved in during the pandemic. (Original Post) 5X Jan 2022 OP
I watched a couple of documentaries on Netflix about beavers. CrispyQ Jan 2022 #1
Their intuitive knowing outstrips the best of our civil engineers alittlelark Jan 2022 #2
We got 'em in N.J. 3Hotdogs Jan 2022 #3
I've seen them in my front yard. Grasswire2 Jan 2022 #4
Once they discovered MuseRider Jan 2022 #5
If someone moved these to my creek, I thank them. n/t 5X Jan 2022 #6
Put that info out MuseRider Jan 2022 #7

CrispyQ

(38,025 posts)
1. I watched a couple of documentaries on Netflix about beavers.
Sat Jan 29, 2022, 02:48 PM
Jan 2022

What industrious creatures! We were fortunate enough to see one out hiking one day. We spied a branch type dam in the creek & thought we'd linger for a spell & sure enough, the little guy showed up.

alittlelark

(18,912 posts)
2. Their intuitive knowing outstrips the best of our civil engineers
Sat Jan 29, 2022, 03:15 PM
Jan 2022

They are truly the landscape architects we have been waiting for.

Grasswire2

(13,684 posts)
4. I've seen them in my front yard.
Sat Jan 29, 2022, 03:45 PM
Jan 2022

I live on a river bank.

They took down the neighbor's three yearling birch trees. He should have put wire mesh around the lower parts.

This week, we have sea lion feeding, and sea gulls raising a ruckus to grab a bite of the fish. 100 miles from the ocean!

MuseRider

(34,334 posts)
5. Once they discovered
Sat Jan 29, 2022, 05:22 PM
Jan 2022

my big pond it was gang busters. I have to live trap them and move them to an area that accepts them. They were digging through my dam and since that is the driveway into my place we kinda had to do it. Then they moved to the other dam between the big pond and a little pond and....on and on every year for about 5 years now? It will probably stop, it seems to cycle around here. They are awesome creatures and I love having them around but they need to move on to the other ponds so their work will not take out my way into the farm!

MuseRider

(34,334 posts)
7. Put that info out
Reply to 5X (Reply #6)
Sat Jan 29, 2022, 08:37 PM
Jan 2022

and people will bring them. I would love to keep them, they are awesome but the set up here makes it impossible without major damage.

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