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A trail cam set up at a beaver dam in northern Minnesota captured amazing footage over an entire year. The footage includes bears, wolves, and other wildlife crossing the river by way of the beaver dam. The trail camera was set up at a dam near Voyageurs National Park, capturing deer, foxes, beavers, and various birds going about their daily lives.
The video was shared on YouTube by the Voyageurs Wolf Project. In addition to all the wildlife, a human hiker even uses the beaver dam, albeit in a rather strange way. The hiker, seemingly aware of the camera, trots along the beaver dam, stops, scratches behind his ear similar to an animal, looks around, and then trots away. Most likely a funny find for whoever edited the footage.
[link:
https://outsider.com/outdoors/viral/watch-minnesota-camera-catches-years-worth-of-wolves-bears-wildlife-crossing-beaver-dam/
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Wingus Dingus
(8,059 posts)CrispyQ
(36,509 posts)Loved the bears!
There's a beaver dam near a creek we walk by. Never seen any beavers, though. Industrious creatures! So interesting!
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)Thanks!
littlemissmartypants
(22,797 posts)StClone
(11,686 posts)Bears, otters, wolves, beavers, and birds! Specifically, two birds are seen in the vid which may get many a birder's heart racing: at the 3:59 mark a Gray Jay, and at 5:15 a juvenile Northern Goshawk. Both would make a birder's day if seen. But alas, no Moose!
ffr
(22,671 posts)harness what beavers to naturally to their benefit. While other ranchers trap and kill beavers on their property, the ones with the beavers and their multiple ponds, have water storage to last their livestock through even the severe droughts we're experiencing.
republianmushroom
(13,677 posts)IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)calimary
(81,466 posts)Fla Dem
(23,741 posts)calimary
(81,466 posts)What you can see with quiet, careful watching.
Gives a whole new meaning to the real estate saying: location, location, location!
Wild blueberry
(6,655 posts)Really enjoyed the changing seasons and diverse wildlife.
(Also nice break from politics.)
Thank you.
eppur_se_muova
(36,289 posts)... to see what he could see.
And all that he could see, and all that he could see ...