Right after a heavy rainstorm washed out their dam downstream
beaver dam, muskrat found nearby it here https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77465665
beaver dam, muskrat found nearby it here https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77465665
Several dams and tree chew visible nearby. I have lived here for years and this is a new family (I saw two). I believe they moved here in December of 2020.
This won't end well for the beaver-- probably a 2-yr old disperser from Vintage High/Salvador colony south. In a drainage ditch between the frontage road and railroad tracks/Hwy. Two years ago, a beaver attempted this location. The local walkers/bikers complained of trees being felled, and the county removed the dam for being in a bad location.. The beaver had to move on, maybe died. Now this one will face the same.