I’ve reported on this Beaver once before, several years ago: Beaver – In a Business Park. This resourceful rodent has built his pond right in the middle of bustling business park in Garland, Texas. The Beaver’s activities caused problems by plugging a drain pipe which was designed to accommodate the overflow of a small pond
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For this project we explored two stream beds for the purposes of observing and documenting evidence of Beaver activity. The small creeks we chose were located at opposite corners of an approximately six square mile rectangle of suburban North Texas. Beaver sign was abundance and easy to find in these areas. The evidence we found
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A Beaver’s Lodge built in a small cattle tank in The Colony, Texas. Observation Details County – Denton City – The Colony Date – Nov 21, 2009 Time of Day – Noon Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Overcast Habitat – Agricultural-Pasture Type of Behavior – Den Building Gender – Uncertain Maturity – Adult Observer
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This Beaver Skull was found under the tree canopy very close to the Trinity River at McCommas Bluff. This was the small skull of a juvenile or young adult animal. No other parts of the skeleton were discovered in the immediate vicinity. It is not clear what killed this young Beaver, but he was almost
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Neighborhood take steps to prevent damage to trees. See the News account below: dallasnews.com – White Rock Area Residents Take Up Paint Brushes to Battle Tree-gnawing Beavers
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We discovered this Beaver skull and skeleton near Lemmon Lake in Dallas, Texas. The skeleton was nearly completely free of soft tissue, but the bones were still greasy, indicating that the skeleton had only been here for a short while. Observations Details County – Dallas City – Dallas Date – Jul 15, 2012 Time of
Continue Reading >>Our neighborhood Beavers have become quite an attraction. People stop by the Beaver’s pond nearly every evening hoping to get a look. There are at least two Beavers at this location and they are becoming more and more accustomed to to the attention they have been getting. As a consequence, they are much easier to
Continue Reading >>On an early morning walk, I discovered two Beaver Ponds within just a couple of hundred yards/meters of each other. The ponds are located in a greenbelt that runs between a residential subdivision on one side and an apartment complex on the other. A small, intermittent stream flows through the center of the green belt
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Dateline – March 1, 2009 This past spring my daughter and I were invited to participate in an event that turned out to be quite a remarkable experience. Valeri Marler of the Wildlife Center at Crosstimbers Ranch, a wildlife rehabilitation and education center, graciously asked us to accompany her in the releasing of a number
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These videos and photographs are from a series of Beaver observations made in Carrollton, Texas. The images were recorded over the course of two busy nights with a time lapse camera. During this time the Beaver made a considerable number of modifications to its lodge. It also briefly interacted with other wildlife, and it had
Continue Reading >>I have been trying to photograph this Beaver for almost 3 months now. Some times I have had my Scouting Cameras pointed at his lodge. At other times I have focused on a tree that the Beaver was working to take down. On several occasions there has been ample evidence that the Beaver was in
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