Skip to main content

Tagged With "beaver"

Blog Post

Busy beaver blocks Swiss highway

Paul Heymont ·
Switzerland's A1 motorway, the main route connecting the country's east and west, was closed for several hours yesterday near  Courgevaux in Fribourg Canton by a major landslide caused by a beaver.   The rodent wasn't actually on the scene...
Blog Post

Wild times in Denmark: Elk, wolves and jackals return

Paul Heymont ·
Denmark's wildlife is getting a bit wilder, some on its own, and some by careful intervention.  The big news (anything about an elk is big) is the re-introduction of elk to Denmark after a 5000-year absence. Five young Swedish elk have been given a new habitat on Denmark's Jutland peninsula, in an area that is the largest raised bog in Northern Europe. They'll hopefully become part of a self-sustaining ecosystem in the area. Recently, a beaver was spotted building a dam on a golf...
Blog Post

October 23, 2018: On the Trail of the Beaver

DrFumblefinger ·
DrFumblefinger discovers evidence of beaver activity along a trail in Whitehorse. A fairly common sight in the north, it was among the only times he's actually photographed it.
Comment

Re: October 23, 2018: On the Trail of the Beaver

GarryRF ·
A busy little Beaver - probably signing his own death warrant - One tree at a time.
Comment

Re: October 23, 2018: On the Trail of the Beaver

DrFumblefinger ·
A beaver on public property would likely be "trapped" and relocated. A beaver on a farmer's private property would probably be signing his death warrant. As my uncle told me when facing this exact situation, "nothing a 22 can't take care of".
Comment

Re: Wild times in Denmark: Elk, wolves and jackals return

DrFumblefinger ·
I am glad to hear that wildlife is returning to Denmark. Many radicals would have you believe this is impossible, but with good stewardship and efforts at conservation, it clearly can work. PHeymont, I know you are a big city boy who rarely sees any wild animals except pigeons, but there is a difference between a moose and an elk. Your top photo is of a cow moose. They are massive and have legs that go on forever -- all the better to eat water vegetation with. This is what elk look like. The...
Comment

Re: Wild times in Denmark: Elk, wolves and jackals return

Paul Heymont ·
I may be a city boy, but I've done my research. We're talking about alces alces here, and in North America it's a moose, while in Europe the same species is called elk. Wasn't me who called it, by the way, but the European press.
Comment

Re: Wild times in Denmark: Elk, wolves and jackals return

DrFumblefinger ·
Fascinating. Who would have thought our European friends would call a moose an elk. (wonder what they call an elk?) Maybe we should just call him "Bullwinkle", and be done with it.
Comment

Re: Wild times in Denmark: Elk, wolves and jackals return

DrFumblefinger ·
An afterthought, moose meat is pretty tough and often gamey. Elk meat is quite tender and tasty, to the point where they are grown as a "crop" in the Rocky Mountain region. You'll often find elk tenderloin in fine dining restaurants through the Rockies.
Comment

Re: Wild times in Denmark: Elk, wolves and jackals return

Paul Heymont ·
Perhaps in their view, they are wondering why we call an elk a moose! What you are calling elk is not alces alces but cervus canadensis , clearly a neighbor of yours, and native to North America and Eastern Asia. It's also called 'wapiti,' which is a native American word. The initial confusion seems to have come from Europeans who named things after what they thought the animal resembled. Hence, for instance, our robin is no robin at all, but a thrush.
Blog Post

A Hike to Horseshoe Lake, Denali National Park

DrFumblefinger ·
DrFumblefinger shares photos of his favorite hike in Denali National Park. A fairly easy walk, it provides an excellent opportunity to view wildlife.
×
×
×
×