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like2thruhike Member
Joined: 28 May 2009 Posts: 1288 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
What's the key to get a good beaver shot?
All I ever get to see are dams and wood chips.
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hiker1 Member
Joined: 29 Aug 2009 Posts: 1624 | TRs | Pics Location: West Coast |
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Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:57 pm
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Be patient. Camp overnight near a known beaver pond location. Set up a blind.
Study them.
Study photos of beavers.
falling leaves / hide the path / so quietly
~John Bailey, "Autumn," a haiku year, 2001, as posted on oldgreypoet.com
falling leaves / hide the path / so quietly
~John Bailey, "Autumn," a haiku year, 2001, as posted on oldgreypoet.com
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Hulksmash Cleaning up.
Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 7113 | TRs | Pics Location: Arlington |
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Cleaning up.
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Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:36 am
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like2thruhike wrote: | What's the key to get a good beaver shot? |
Night vision. They are mostly nocturnal creatures.
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
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tmatlack Member
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Thu Jan 23, 2014 4:08 am
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Early morning canoeing...lower rivers. But I watched a huge beaver carry a long branch up ebey(?) slough under US 2 trestle full daylight two weeks ago. Slack tide. He didn't even blink at my hound who wanted to do battle.
Tom
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Redwic Unlisted Free Agent
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Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:28 am
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60 pounds lighter but not 60 points brighter.
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Frosty Member
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Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:50 am
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Get in a canoe
Frosty,
Lucky enough to live where it snows in the winter!
Frosty,
Lucky enough to live where it snows in the winter!
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cairn builder Member
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Yes, but I'm one to kiss and tell.
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forest gnome Forest nut...
Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Posts: 3518 | TRs | Pics Location: north cascades!! |
ok gnomieee being good...just pointing it out ...
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RichP Member
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Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:16 am
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Hang out around the ship canal at Fremont. Ever notice that all the trees have chicken wire around them?
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Daryl Big Shot Economist
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Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:43 pm
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i heard there is a place in portland, but I think cameras are frowned upon there.
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Bedivere Why Do Witches Burn?
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 7464 | TRs | Pics Location: The Hermitage |
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Why Do Witches Burn?
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Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:39 pm
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Early morning hours, keep still.
The ones I've seen have been wary and will disappear if you move.
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wolffie Member
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Thu Jan 23, 2014 2:16 pm
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My best look at a beaver has been Thornton, one of the many beavers in Thornton creek near Northgate Mall in north Seattle, a very urban area. I've seen him swim under my feet as I stood on the culvert, and I've seen him munching stuff on dry ground 15' away.
I never got that close to a beaver in Minnesota. The road crews there have a sadistic method for keeping beaver dams from flooding roads: they run a drain pipe under the dam, put an L in it, and saw it off at the level they want the pond to be. Poor beavers build and build and build, and can't figure out why their pond level doesn't rise.
I once saw a beaver dam in the earliest phase of construction: they'd dragged cut saplings stem-first to the stream bed, and left them in a row across a shallow creek, stems pointing downstream. The branches, facing upstream, were already collecting flotsam, impeding water flow. It was obvious how dam-building behavior got started: if you drag cut saplings, you're going to drag them by the stem, and you're likely going to drag them downhill, and if you happen to leave them in a watercourse, they're going to collect flotsam, starting a pond.
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
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Voxxjin made of hamburger
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Thu Jan 23, 2014 4:38 pm
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like2thruhike wrote: | What's the key to get a good beaver shot? |
...m-m-m-must resist making comment....
Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war
Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war
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509 Member
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Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:05 pm
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like2thruhike wrote: | What's the key to get a good beaver shot? |
Probably the pictures you posted.
I was fishing in the Sierra's when I ran into a beaver on a deeply incised stream.
We were both trapped in the bottom of the stream. So I took out my camera and decided to take some up close and personal pictures of a beaver.
A pissed off beaver is not photogenic! Really, a beaver outside of water is pretty ugly. Put the two circumstances together and you get a real ugly picture.
At some point I realized that we needed to back off to our respective corners.
If I were looking for good pictures of beavers I would get a wet suit and find a beaver pond. They are a lot better looking swimming around than on land. The best pictures are underwater.
So there.....am I the only one that has ever ran into a pissed-off beaver in the woods??
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like2thruhike Member
Joined: 28 May 2009 Posts: 1288 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
I have a wetsuit and like winter snorkeling. I have thought about snorkeling in their ponds but was concerned about Giardia aka "beaver fever". I'd imagine I could easily get it using a snorkel. Plus I'm sure the beaver wouldn't take kindly to intruders in their hood?!
In my travels I've seen a few beaver. Usually a brief encounter ending with the old slap of the tail on the water warning to other beav's.
They're pretty cool to see in the water but I've heard they're not so docile on land if you're in close proximity.
I've been seeing lots of signs they're active in the cascades. They're protected?
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