We are participating in the Saturday PhotoHunt this weekend and the theme is - footprints. Therefore, on with our entry........
We looked through our recent photos for footprints, and this is what we found, taken last month:
These are technically 'hoof' prints. Best guess is, that these were made by a White Tailed Deer.
Next photo is:
......a complete mystery. Any guesses?
Now these next two photos are bonus photos of, not footprints, but teeth marks so not exactly part of PhotoHunt, but hope you might find them interesting anyway. These were taken the same day as the above 'footprints':
Look closely and you will see the marks of a beaver's teeth. This is how a beaver fells a tree, by gnawing on usually birch, aspen, or poplar! Their favorite part is the 'underbark' which they find tasty.
Here is another example:
The beaver uses the branches and trunk of the fallen tree to build a dam across a stream to create a pond to live in.
Beavers are protected where we live, and only under very specific conditions can anyone interfere with the dams they have built.
Visit The Saturday PhotoHunt to see other participants.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
17 comments:
What interesting footprints! and the beaver's work. TY for sharing!
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How cool - mystery paw prints and a nature lesson! You kitties are even better than Animal Planet tonight.
Great shots for this week's theme.
Have a super weekend.
Cool! First time I see a deer's hoof prints. I can't think what the mystery footprint is. :P
Mindy is so adorable and such fascinating footprints.
Wow, interesting impressions! It must be great where you live with lots of furry, four-legged neighbours popping in for a visit. Thanks for dropping by my blog. Have a great weekend.
Very interesting spots! :)
WOW! That was so informative!
Great Hunting!
I'm stopping by to leave my footprint.
Have a great weekend!
Squeeee! Vishus deer prints! Sorry, we don't know what the other prints are of. Thanks for the beaver info too. It's an animal day!
Great footprints and I also like seeing the beavers work.
As a proud Canadian, I loved seeing the beaver's handiwork :-)
Are those raccoon prints?
Raccoon? quite possibly, as there are lots in that area.
Those are interesting footprints and toothmarks.
Those are great pictures! We would like to see a beaver sometime.
what a beautiful bloggie and full of informations too. xox
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