beaver pond

[asakiyume]

Perhaps you're in the mood for a change of pace?

We went for a walk through a landscape transformed by beavers. It's always been marshy; they have turned it into their own habitat. There are frogs in here, and red-winged blackbirds flying over the reedy parts, and redstarts singing in the skunk-cabbage parts.





We saw a great tree, SO TALL, that will soon be down:



Evidence (pond-facing side):



Some extra gnawing (trail-facing side):



Again, that tree is TALL:



So think of beavers. There was no pond before but there is a pond now.

Comments

[minoanmiss]

Go industrious rodent landscapeers!

[asakiyume]

Honestly MA can never have too many beaver ponds. MAKE ONE IN MY YARD, I'LL LIVE ON A RAFT, TRULY.

[osprey_archer]

Those beavers are doing an amazing job on that tree! I wonder how they decide which trees to target.

[asakiyume]

I KNOW. They do it without blueprints, without degrees in engineering, without anything! HOW??

(I mean, I suppose we only see the result... maybe they take down lots of irrelevant trees, and since we still end up with a pond, we're impressed?)

[sovay]

There are frogs in here, and red-winged blackbirds flying over the reedy parts, and redstarts singing in the skunk-cabbage parts.

That is a very lovely beaver-formed landscape, thank you.

[asakiyume]

You're welcome; we could all use some beavers about now.

[sovay]

You're welcome; we could all use some beavers about now.

They build.

[lilysea]

I <3 beavers ^_^

and their landscaping helps mitigate catastrophic once-in-100-year floods!

[asakiyume]

They are wonderful creatures!

[minoanmiss]

I found you a shirt!

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[asakiyume]

I LOVE IT

[puddleshark]

Oh, wow... That is such a beautiful landscape.

Dorset Wildlife Trust recently re-introduced beavers somewhere in west Dorset, a small scale trial in a secret location. I hope beavers can work the same transformation here!

[asakiyume]

I heard that! My brother-in-law was involved with helping reestablish beavers in Kent; here's hoping they thrive in Dorset too.

[heleninwales]

We have some small scale trials of beavers here in Wales too. One of them is fairly local, but I don't know the exact location. They are intended to help prevent flooding by holding back water so it's released more slowly. Beavers used to be native here, but were eradicated over 100 years ago. It would be lovely to see them in the wild again.

[asakiyume]

I love that it's possible to bring animals back. So many animals are more present now than they were when I was a child; I'm super grateful.

[anna_wing]

That's utterly amazing!

[asakiyume]

Isn't it? Beavers--what a wonderful world.

[amaebi]

Go, go, beavers!

Thank you for these placid photographs of new growth and richness out of the demise of what was.

[asakiyume]

You are very, very welcome. I'm glad we share a world with beavers.

[yamamanama]

They're one of three mammals that actively change the environment to suit their needs (the others are the elephant and the human)

[asakiyume]

I didn't know about elephants! What do elephants do?

[yamamanama]

I don't remember the specifics.

[sartorias]

Oh, all that green! I love it!

[asakiyume]

It is beautifully, wonderfully green!

[wayfaringwordhack]

That is such an inviting place. I would love to tarry there. And see some beavers at work. :D

[asakiyume]

I would love to have you tarry here for a spell :-)