03 November 2011

A home on the St. Croix

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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