tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post6796718390542284482..comments2008-08-24T19:54:47.551-05:00Julie Zickefoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-58028349512733486692008-08-24T04:53:00.000-05:002008-08-24T04:53:00.000-05:00love this post! we don't have beavers on the cape and i've only seen one once in my life! i think it's all very cool to have them so nearby. i have to go quite a bit farther west or north (or south) to see them. lovely pictures.Mary Richmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987381109911597964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-35980846436500781012008-08-23T07:30:00.000-05:002008-08-23T07:30:00.000-05:00Wow, that was cool Julie! I've seen beavers in the wild, but never been close enough to actually hear them "muttering." It's nice to be able to end your day out in the woods. Thanks for sharing this story and pictures.RuthieJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663411478574192825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-78557850497058767102008-08-23T06:39:00.000-05:002008-08-23T06:39:00.000-05:00Gotta admire the persistence of those 'crepuscular' creatures even as destructive as they can be in more residential areas -- 'busy as a beaver' isn't just a catch-phrase.<BR/>Too bad so many of us no longer feel free to take such nighttime walks alone anymore :-(Reggie Von Schtickittuemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07118444311846372422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-85317591329134349182008-08-22T19:28:00.000-05:002008-08-22T19:28:00.000-05:00Rats, wrong again. I have accepted that I don't know the yellow flowers, but I thought I knew the purple ones.<BR/><BR/>~Kathi, who will have nightmares tonight about giant rampaging beaver mothers biting her in the legKatDochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13186814675058675885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-80889424328589037932008-08-22T18:24:00.000-05:002008-08-22T18:24:00.000-05:00I'm sitting in a dark Manhattan apartment in front of a computer, fans shoving the bellicose air around, half a martini down, half to go, but I swear I can smell the ozone in those pictures. Many thanks for taking and posting them.OpposableChumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078079559796728394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-74939369797006398062008-08-22T17:25:00.000-05:002008-08-22T17:25:00.000-05:00Shudder! Thanks for the details,d.g.<BR/>I cannot imagine being bitten by a beaver, having seen what they can do to a hard maple.Julie Zickefoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-51048182324461856472008-08-22T12:25:00.000-05:002008-08-22T12:25:00.000-05:00A friend just across the border in VA has a bunch of beavers in her creek. They eventually made their way into her yard and chewed down all of her young trees. She says that having beavers in your yard is like having a yard full of teenagers on their first day with a new chainsaw. But now she's got a nice sunny spot for a new fenced-in garden, courtesy of the beavers.Irishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16870160344017855477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-78371294129506811092008-08-22T08:02:00.000-05:002008-08-22T08:02:00.000-05:00Hi Juile - she was walking her dogs along the edge of the beaver pond, and the beaver (on land) charged at her and the dog. She was trying to grab the dogs when the beaver bit her leg. Animal control thought that it was a female beaver with young nearby, and that the presence of the dogs caused her to feel threatened enough to attack.Dog_geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12797650391128520269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-77190119001820475112008-08-22T07:06:00.000-05:002008-08-22T07:06:00.000-05:00Dog-geek,<BR/><BR/> Could you tell me the circumstances? How did you friend get close enough to the animal to get bitten? Did it charge her?<BR/>I'm curious because I used to watch some tame beavers in Maryland, even gave them apples--but never from my hand. I've never heard of anyone being bitten by a beaver. I do appreciate the word of caution, but the Chimp, being a chimp, wants details!Julie Zickefoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-39777025889940622972008-08-22T06:58:00.000-05:002008-08-22T06:58:00.000-05:00Nice pics. I tend to give beavers plenty of room, after a friend of mine was bitten by one several years ago as she was walking her dogs near a beaver pond. You've seen what a beaver can do to a tree - imagine what it can do to your leg! She had to be hospitalized.Dog_geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12797650391128520269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-32285346746299861542008-08-22T05:43:00.000-05:002008-08-22T05:43:00.000-05:00LOL Julie... I eat Fiber One every single morning, sprinkled with some raisins and with Silk Vanilla Soy Milk poured over it. Guess I am part beaver too? :c)Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14057094040409159429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-2659091394007041932008-08-21T21:05:00.000-05:002008-08-21T21:05:00.000-05:00No flash at twilight is right. Your photos make me groan for a walk at dusk with only the sound of a Boston Terrier snorfing the ground and your own footsteps. Beavers, water, and sunset. Yeah. It's therapy better than a Calgon bath and candlelight.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-70687960317166616112008-08-21T19:08:00.000-05:002008-08-21T19:08:00.000-05:00You would get the joke, Jared, as you're down there in the land of really large wet rodents.<BR/><BR/>Kathi, I'm told by someone much smarter than I that New York ironweed doesn't occur in Ohio. So it's all altissima.Julie Zickefoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-33580731901093705812008-08-21T18:39:00.000-05:002008-08-21T18:39:00.000-05:00I got the joke, Hehee<BR/><BR/>Jared from Denton TexasJayrodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04685034784846143531noreply@blogger.com