[Bristol-Birds] Beavers

Sullivan County

Whitetop Creek Park

Off Hwy 394/Thunder Valley

5:50- 7:00PM

66 Degrees F.

 

Mallards 10

Great Blue Herron (1)

Song Sparrow (2)

Carolina Chickadee (4)

American Robin (6)

Northern Cardinal (2)

Carolina Wren (1)

Downy Woodpecker (2)

Wood Duck (2)

Beaver (2)

 

This evening at Whitetop Creek Park, at 6:15 PM, a first "smaller" beaver was 
spotted swimming and diving close to the dam. With all the clearing that 
they've done, I believe I have now located their den, upstream from the dam. 
Can't be certain on the den but it sure looks like one from the walkway. Within 
the next fifteen minutes of spotting the first smaller beaver, a second 
"larger" beaver was spotted swimming around the "den" area. I had close viewing 
of both. As I had the larger one in the binocular's view, two Wood Ducks (male 
and female) flew in (heard first) and landed within 30 feet of the beaver. I 
watched the beavers swim in and out of the same small area (apart from one 
another) until it got too dark to see either one. Upon leaving, I heard the 
flat whack of a beaver's tail slap the water.   

 

Michele Sparks 

Bluff City, TN









 




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