#Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
FIFTY FAVORITE PARK PHOTOS
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- Parker noshin’ nuts
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Black Squirrel
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- Parker, my Park cutie!
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- Pekin Duck
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- Mallard Hybrid Duck
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- Midnight munchin’ nuts
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- Mute Swan
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- Goslings
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- Mama Robin
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- Seagulls on ice floe
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Parker chowin’ down
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- Mallard Duck
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- Northern Cardinal
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- Great Blue Heron (“Harry”) fishing for shad
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- Parker: shameless begging
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- Viceroy Butterfly
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- Great Blue Heron
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- American Goldfinch
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- Seagull
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- Robin baby (not fledged yet)
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Robins almost ready to fledge
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- Parker angling for peanuts
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- Robin fledgling
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- Parker making a point that he wants peanuts
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- Parker smells peanuts
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- Parker with a peanut
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Seagull
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- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
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- Pekin Duck
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- Starling
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- Canada Geese family
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- Canada Goose and goslings
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Parker says candy is dandy.
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- Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
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- American Goldfinch
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- Hunny Bunny
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- Parker looking for peanuts
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- The pier just past sunrise
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- Mute Swan
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- Parker in the snow
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- Parker and a treat
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Me and my shadow (a/k/a Parker)
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Seagull
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- Canada Goose
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Mute Swan
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- Fox Squirrel – Parker
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- Northern Cardinal
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BADGES
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- 02-02-2018
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- 03-13-2018
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- 03-25-2018
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- 03-26-2018
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- Year #6!! 02/2019
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- 04-13-2019
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- 11-21-19
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Linda Schaub
WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
Amazing how they do that, quite the teeth they have, 🙂
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Yes, it’s amazing Sandra. I would have loved to see one, but none came out while I was walking around, this time or the last time when there was a whole area of nothing but beaver chews.
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What a good boy! (There is this beaver cartoon who advertizes toothpaste in Germany for decades 😉 Must be good chompers)
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I love the cartoon Jeanine – those pearly white teeth, all the better for felling trees! Thanks for sharing. 🙂 It is amazing to see what the beavers can do – this post was just a small sampling and I included the tree that fell after they chewed it all the way through. Just amazing!
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Wow. Huh. That looks like something I’d see in a cartoon, yet it’s real.
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It is pretty amazing Ally. This is the second group of beaver chews I found, but no culprit is around. It/they must be hiking in the weeds.
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Miss Linda………………………………did you just take these pictures??………………so it’s in the springtime that beavers build their dams…………………………….you’re a good “wordless” storyteller…………..besides using words!
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Thanks Ann Marie – glad you enjoyed the pictures. No, I saw some beaver chews at Lake Erie Metropark in a different area. I took these pics on the first day of Spring, the day II saw the beautiful reflections.
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Oh my, he has been a busy little beaver! Too bad he didn’t come out for a photo-op!
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Can you believe the destruction? This was in several places and the last photo was a tree that fell over after he chewed all the way around. Timber!!! Perhaps I should have called out that I was a Canadian and he might have put in an appearance?
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HA! I’ve never even seen a beaver either, nor an eagle, nor an owl….a long list of critters who make themselves scarce!
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Scarce and/or camera shy? I didn’t realize beavers were nocturnal – that explains why the only critter I see in the water at the bigger parks and at Council Point Park is a muskrat.
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I didn’t know that either – but I’ve never seen a beaver dam either, so I think they must be scare around here as we don’t have many woodlands.
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I’ve only seen the damage twice and I saw the dam last time but couldn’t get near. I need to go back and see if I can see a dam. We had rain twice today plus with the snow melt, it won’t be good to go back there as that trail is usually muddy. I am going to try somewhere different tomorrow and hope it’s not a muddy mess.
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Wow — that was some pretty impressive grinding work!
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Just amazing to see Barbara! And, the last picture, he actually had felled that tree as the places where the stump had been gnawed exactly matched the tree trunk that had fallen over into the water.
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It’s amazing that they can chew the trunk so that when it falls it lands where they want it go. It looks like he might be thinking of starting a new dam there?
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I was wondering the same thing Barbara and I had an excellent view of the fallen tree, but couldn’t tell … I hope the trail is not flooded or muddy so I can check it out because last year when I posted beaver chew pictures, I could not get near where I could see the dam and this was a good view, and no worries about ticks in long grass as it was right on the path. Bold critter!
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Impressive tree stumps! We have some beavers at the park here too, but since they’re nocturnal I doubt I’ll ever see one. How long did it take for them to fell the trees?
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Yes, they sure are destructive aren’t they? I don’t know how long it took them to do this damage and fell that tree in the last picture as the trail has been so muddy I’ve not been on it in about two years. So the last time I was here, there was no damage there. I’d was curious and Googled and found this info (though they don’t mention the diameter of the tree): a lone beaver is capable of felling an 8-foot tree in 5 minutes. Wow! I had no idea. P.S. – I didn’t know they were nocturnal. Perhaps they wouldn’t get away with all that destruction if people were around.
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I was surprised to read that it takes them no time at all to fell a tree. But than again, those teeth look like they can chomp off anything.
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Yes, they are lethal looking. I saw a video of a beaver making a dam, but it did not show the chewing of the tree. I have to say I had only seen the beaver chewing on trees in a cartoon. When I saw the damaged trees two years ago I was just astounded. I don’t know why the parks do not do something to protect the trees – there must be a collar of some type or find something to repel the beavers without hurting them would be easier.
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Beaver are in the rodent family and therefore have to keep their front teeth from getting too long. I don’t know what could be done to prevent damage. I don’t know how I feel about it, we need trees and beavers have their place in the environment too.
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Yes, that is true Sabine. I see many trees being cut down and usually reduced to mulch for that park’s mulched trails or garden beds. I wonder if it has to be fresh wood for the beaver to keep those teeth from getting too long. The wood pulp might have to be fresh for the gnawing process. I know it is a problem with squirrels as well – I have seen recommendations for squirrels that are being rehabbed by Good Samaritans that nurse them back to health to ensure hard tree nuts are provided to keep the ever-growing teeth whittled down. Especially if they don’t go outside and would be eating bark to help the process.
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Wow so much damage by those little critters! It takes years for the trees to go and they are gone in a matter of minutes!
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That’s amazing isn’t it? I had not been on this trail for about two years as it was alternately water logged or very muddy. So it was nice to walk here and I saw this damage right away. I had no idea how quickly they chewed the trees down until Sabine, a fellow blogger mentioned how quickly they destroyed trees – I Googled and it said one beaver can fell an eight-foot tree in five minutes. I had no idea!
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Oh, so cool! I hope you get to see the beavers who were working so hard and share photos with all of us!
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I hope so too Laurie – they sure made quick work of those trees!
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Wow, that beaver was on a chewing mission! I didn’t know they could chew so well. Thanks for sharing the pics because I never would’ve known if I saw one.
Have a great start to the weekend and stay well!
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I didn’t know that either Esther and here’s a factoid for you and the kids: a lone beaver is capable of felling an 8-foot tree in 5 minutes. You have a great weekend as well!
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Wow!! Beavers have serious chomping power and speed. Thanks for these interesting factoids.
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Glad you enjoyed this post Esther. I was amazing how quickly they can fell a tree and I don’t understand why they don’t put some type of barrier in place?
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