Beaver (Castor canadensis) gnawing. |
Piles of twigs with the bark gnawed off can be spotted from far away. These are beaver feeding stations or feed beds. |
This chunk of femur was gnawed upon by a rodent in search of calcium. Notice that the toothmarks on the left side of the bone are very small, too small to be those of a squirrel, rat, or chipmunk. They are less than a millimeter wide, and probably belong to a white-footed mouse or deer mouse (Peromyscus spp.). |
This is a former red-winged blackbird nest that is now being used as a feeding platform by mice. It is full of seeds. |
This is a Hibiscus seed pod that has been opened and eaten by some type of small rodent. Each one of the small seeds has been opened, and had the contents eaten. |
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) twigs were incised by a small rodent to make this nest. |
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*Produced by Travis Brown 2-22-02 |