Summer, 2007 ~
The collection of branches were too well organized to be placed there accidentally by the wind or water, so I paddled over for a closer look. As the details came into view, it occurred to me that I had happened across a well-built development. What seemed like a row of well-placed sticks was actually a beaver dam, held together by mud and tree limbs of various sizes. It was holding back a considerable pond of water from rains that had fallen earlier in the week.
In the background--and strategically placed in the shade--a home for these amazing engineers.
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