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The Beavers in my garden...or almost!

published: 11/03/22, 20:09
by Christophe
As I pointed out a few days ago in this thread gardening / fast-growing-plant-in-a-garden-to-have-the-equivalent-of-0-5-a-1-stere-of-wood-per-year-t17079.html I have beavers that killed me some poplar planks and willow cuttings in the bottom of my garden...

My garden is bordered by a small stream...obviously...

This afternoon I therefore decided to make a punitive expedition * to try to find the dam of this colony of beavers...

So I went up the stream for more than 500m from my garden...and for the moment, no dam a priori but I'm not (yet) a beaver specialist! I did see some "restraints" but it doesn't look like real beaver dams...

So that you can understand and help a little with the analysis, here are all the photos of this little expedition...

Expedition which also made it possible to find a remnant of helium balloon and a kinder egg (with the surprise inside...not so old there was a QR code in the manual still readable)...and a remnant of bones from ?? ?

A very surprising fact: I saw small branches more than 1 m above the ground that were cut by beavers... : Shock: I didn't know beavers climbed trees : Shock: ...see below...

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What's that a bone?

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* to smash their pt..in dam... humor eh

Re: The Beavers in my garden...or almost!

published: 12/03/22, 08:39
by Christophe
Does anyone have any idea where the colony might be?

What is the range of beavers?

Re: The Beavers in my garden...or almost!

published: 12/03/22, 08:54
by Macro
You went up the stream for 500m....

I would be a beaver making a dam... To transport my materials, I will use the current... So my empty course I will do against the current...

Try going down 500m today : Cheesy:

Re: The Beavers in my garden...or almost!

published: 12/03/22, 09:41
by phil59
The piece of bone, I know ....

It's the last person who tried to find their mark!

Good luck ! : Lol:

In any case, are you planning to make yourself a beaver skin cap?

Re: The Beavers in my garden...or almost!

published: 12/03/22, 11:34
by Christophe
Macro wrote:You went up the stream for 500m....

I would be a beaver making a dam... To transport my materials, I will use the current... So my empty course I will do against the current...

Try going down 500m today : Cheesy:


Yes absolutely, that's what I explained to my son today…except that I found my bits of plançon upstream! So I assumed they were going upstream with...

So yes, a punitive downstream expedition is planned! : Cheesy:

Re: The Beavers in my garden...or almost!

published: 12/03/22, 13:04
by izentrop
Christophe wrote:So yes, a punitive downstream expedition is planned! : Cheesy:
The truly econolo attitude would be to put protective nets on your trees and let them live their life. : roll:

Re: The Beavers in my garden...or almost!

published: 12/03/22, 14:25
by Christophe
If you had followed you would have understood that I was joking...

Re: The Beavers in my garden...or almost!

published: 14/03/22, 19:10
by Christophe
I installed the 2 hunting cameras and replanted about twenty willow cuttings near the stream...

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Re: The Beavers in my garden...or almost!

published: 14/03/22, 19:10
by Christophe
Now....AT TABLE !!! : Mrgreen:

Re: The Beavers in my garden...or almost!

published: 15/03/22, 11:21
by Macro
They are no longer hungry... They ate spiderman and his kinder for dessert : Cheesy: : Cheesy: : Cheesy: