Beaver damage

The beavers have been busy again this winter, taking down more trees.

There seems to be no purpose behind this -- they don't use the lumber, the trees are increasingly far away from their dam, and there's a bunch of half-chewed trees all around. When I asked him about it, Rick said that beaver behavior is a lot like humans. Sometimes they just cut down trees because they want to.

I've yet to see a lodge, but they have two dams in the nearby stream which ensure a regular flow of water. The stream didn't freeze over all winter.