Beaver Pond by the Hudson

If you do a really good job raking up all the leaves and its a really nice day, a walk down to the Hudson to check out some potential snowshoe trails might be in order. Pat and I took a two hour walk after we finished cleaning up the yard and ended up at this beaver recreational area at the zig in the river near West Mountain.
We'd been here before but the closeup photos below reveal some major undertakings since our last visit. The first picture, closeup left, they chewed right through and got it down, but then it looks like they didn't know what to do with it.

This picture, closeup right, and shows a work abandoned. Both of these trees were over 8" diameter. Double click on either or both to have a real good look at the teeth marks.

Also, there were several stands, both old and new, of 2 - 3 " saplings knawed down, all to create a little backwater to call home.