Author: Alvin R. TresseltPublisher: Arrow
ISBN: 9780688411237
Category : Beavers
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The beavers dam a stream and create a pond which is valuable to many creatures.
The Beaver Pond
Author: Alvin R. TresseltPublisher: Arrow
ISBN: 9780688411237
Category : Beavers
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The beavers dam a stream and create a pond which is valuable to many creatures.
A Year at a Beaver Pond
Author: Al CornellPublisher: Bookbaby
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A beaver pond, that had gone undetected because of the tall wetland vegetation, became visible after a late winter snowfall flattened that vegetation. It had been built the previous summer and fall. Sally and I were driving down the road a mile from our house when we observed it and watched a bald eagle go into a sudden stoop toward a wood duck. The frightened duck shot down over the dam and escaped downstream. A few days later, I entered a small blind on the edge of the pond 45 minutes before sunrise. That quickly grew from a session to an obsession and then to "A Year at a Beaver Pond." Dozens of pages of field notes and thousands of photos provided the foundation for a story. With this book, you too can sit by the dam and envision what transpires at that tenth of an acre pond. Though small, that mini ecosystem adds dramatically to the adjacent habitat. In the sediment beneath the pond, a myriad of insect larvae feed on deposited organic matter. Most of them, at some stage in their metamorphosis, become food for fish, birds, raccoons, or larger insects. In turn, fish become food for larger fish, birds, and mammals. This book is the product of observing insects, toads, and trout along with 61 species of birds and nine species of mammals that were drawn to the footprint of the pond. By the footprint, I mean the pond, the dam, and the vegetation growing at the immediate edge of the pond. Otter were elusive until one finally decided to frolic in the magical early morning light. A beaver even used a rock for a dam repair. Warblers, swallows, flycatchers, and waxwings fed on insects from tiny moth flies to long-legged craneflies. The trout feeding activity peaked when dozens were jumping during the midge hatch. A raccoon brought her young ones to sift through the sediments for edible morsels. Sandpipers and snipe probed the shallow water and the mudflats for earthworms and larvae. When mudflats were exposed, mink, a cottontail, and many birds used them for travel and feeding. The little remnant willow near the blind was searched by small birds, used as a landing spot by those feeding on flighted insects, and used by kingfishers and herons that fed on trout. Jewelweed, blooming on the dam, enticed hummingbirds and bumblebees. The ecological wonder of beaver ponds helps establish a sense of the value of beavers. By gradually overcoming the bias that they are just a nuisance, perhaps at some point, we will be able to tolerate half of the population that inhabited this continent before the massive fur harvest decimated them.
Beaver Pond, Moose Pond
Author: Jim ArnoskyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780792276920
Category : Beavers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A beaver and a moose share a pond, each thinking that the body of water belongs to him.
Lily Pond
Author: Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781558214552
Category : Beavers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Over a span of four years, the author studied the activities of one family of beavers as it went about its business.
Beaver Year
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780915965021
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Chronicles the lives of two beavers from the time they are born until they begin their own family.
YEAR AT A BEAVER POND
Author: AL. CORNELLPublisher:
ISBN: 9788350931120
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Beaver Pond
Author: Alvin TresseltSquaretail
Author: Bob MallardPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811766144
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Brook trout are native in the Eastern United States and were the most important fly rod gamefish for early anglers, until they were supplanted by nonnative brown and rainbow trout. Today, brook trout are indicators of cold, clean water and healthy ecosystems, and in almost every place they are found, anglers will also find wild country and relative solitude. They have been introduced throughout the Rocky Mountains, where they grow large and abundant. This is the most complete guide to brook trout ever written and not only includes information on tackle and techniques but important conservation information and an in-depth section on top brook trout destinations, from Maine to Argentina. With a foreword by Ted Williams.
Beaver at Long Pond
Author: Lindsay Barrett GeorgePublisher: Greenwillow Books
ISBN: 9780688175191
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
As the other animals at Long Pond settle down for the night, Beaver leaves his lodge, begins searching for food, and starts his nightly adventure.
Eager
Author: Ben GoldfarbPublisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 160358739X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers. Goldfarb shares the powerful story about one of the world's most influential species. He explains how North America was colonized, how our landscapes have changed over the centuries, and how beavers can help us fight drought, flooding, wildfire, extinction, and the ravages of climate change. -- adapted from jacket