Beavers in the Rio Chama River, Chama, New Mexico 2017
Feb 21, 2018 16:42:04 #
Jinx & I had heard there were beavers in the Rio Chama River at the rv park. In 2016, we looked for them and did not see a dam. I thought, there are no beavers in this shallow, little river.
In 2017 we had a rv space that backed up to the river. A quick glance around and no beaver dam.
One late afternoon, Jinx saw one of the little trees across the river shaking. A moment later and she saw very small sapling moving upstream. She looked harder and saw a beaver pulling the sapling upstream and disappear under some tree roots and into the river bank.
So, we started looking a little harder.
The images are what we captured.
Also, we saw four beavers at one time. Just, didn't get a shot of all four.
In 2017 we had a rv space that backed up to the river. A quick glance around and no beaver dam.
One late afternoon, Jinx saw one of the little trees across the river shaking. A moment later and she saw very small sapling moving upstream. She looked harder and saw a beaver pulling the sapling upstream and disappear under some tree roots and into the river bank.
So, we started looking a little harder.
The images are what we captured.
Also, we saw four beavers at one time. Just, didn't get a shot of all four.
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Feb 21, 2018 16:58:43 #
Feb 21, 2018 19:26:37 #
Feb 21, 2018 20:31:35 #
Feb 21, 2018 21:23:12 #
Cute, busy little critters. Nice shot of three of them working on the dam.
Feb 22, 2018 06:07:24 #
Jay Pat wrote:
Jinx & I had heard there were beavers in the R... (show quote)
Excellent captures Pat. Would love to see that kind of activity at our beaver marsh.
Feb 22, 2018 11:28:20 #
Feb 22, 2018 11:33:50 #
Thanks, everyone for looking and commenting!!!
This "river" is about 20 ft wide and about 12 inches deep. It runs from the left side of the images to the right side.
Pat
This "river" is about 20 ft wide and about 12 inches deep. It runs from the left side of the images to the right side.
Pat
Feb 22, 2018 11:37:21 #
J-SPEIGHT wrote:
Excellent captures Pat. Would love to see that kind of activity at our beaver marsh.
The most activity we saw was just before, at and right after sunset.
The beavers are probably, "used" to seeing people around on this side of the river.
Pat
Feb 25, 2018 20:24:29 #
Brian in Whitby
Loc: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Beavers do not always build a dam. If there is deep water that does not freeze to the bottom, a dam is not necessary. Some beaver live in burrows in a river bank and do not build a lodge. Lazy lunks! ;-)
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