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Grub
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Minnesota
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Its been a while since ive been around the forums but i thought id share a short video i took this past week.
I live on a marsh and there is quite the variety of wildlife. I have always seen muskrats and always wondered if the big lodge in the middle of the marsh was muskrats or if there was or is a beaver around. This past week i was out at sunset watching the marsh when i saw something swimming in the water. I figured it was a muskrat but its head was so much bigger than any other muskrat i had seen. It also acted a bit different than the muskrats ive seen. But it was getting dark so when this guy started slapping its tail on the surface of the water i took a quick video of it. I havent seen it again since i took the video but i figured someone on here would know if muskrats slap their tails like this or if just beavers or what. YouTube - muskrat or beaver?
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Wildlife of Suburbia Last edited by CitraBenzoet; 04-16-2011 at 03:56 PM. Reason: ok the video did not embed itself .. my bad |
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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Hmmm I can't make heads nor tails about it.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Welcome back, CitraBenzoet! It was nice to see your name appear in my un-read messages list.
![]() Great video, unfortunately I'm not an expert on beavers nor muskrats. My *guess* would be a beaver--I know they slap their tails. Hopefully someone else will give you a more definitive answer.
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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I increased screen size to get a better look at that tail as it flaped. It looks like the flap paddle shape of a beaver tail. A muskrat's tail looks like a big rats tail in the water. While the muskrat will slap water as a warning it looks completely different more like a whip. I think it is a beaver.
If the stucture has branches and good sized pieces of wood it is a beaver home. I have looked at that video a couple of times now and that is definitely a beaver. |
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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I couldn't tell if it was a narrow or a wide tail as you say, It flipped so quick!
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Grub
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Minnesota
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Well i went looking around the marsh and found signs that beavers do indeed live here.
This first picture is of a lodge. Its been in the marsh for years. I always figured that it at one point was a beaver lodge and then had just been used by muskrats and geese(a Canadian goose is nesting on top of it). If i get a better picture or video of the beaver ill post it.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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CitraBenzoet,
You are lucky to live near a marsh. Thanks for the pictures of the goose and the clear signs of beaver activities. ![]()
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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Don't tell anyone or you may loose it to a trapper!
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