POTW: The Fishing Bridge Beaver

by | Jul 24, 2011 | Landscape / Nature, North America, POTW, Travel | 3 comments

The last two weeks have been dedicated to the animals Holly and I got the chance to see while in Yellowstone National Park (week 1, week 2) and this week’s is the last in the series (for now).  Some friends of ours actually met us out at Yellowstone and one of them had heard a rumor that there was a beaver family living somewhere near the ‘Fishing Bridge’ at the eastern end of the park… so we decided to stop in and see if we could see any of them.  While walking around we ran into a Park Ranger who said she had seen one of them just a few minutes before.  As we investigated the area she had pointed out, she actually called to us from the bridge and was pointing down in the water below her.  There it was!  Holly and ran over and got to watch it chowing down on the bark of some sort of twigs for about 10 minutes or so. Very cool stuff!

–Dan Thompson

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3 Comments

  1. Camels & Chocolate
    Camels & Chocolate on July 24, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    I am SO jealous! A beaver is one of the few animals I haven’t seen in the wild, and I was looking for them everywhere while we were in Yellowstone (same week as you)! Crazy.

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  2. Camels & Chocolate
    Camels & Chocolate on July 24, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    P.S. We even stayed at Fishing Bridge RV Campground during our last two nights in the park!

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    • Dan
      Dan on July 24, 2011 at 9:27 PM

      Yeah, it was total luck! First time we had ever seen one in the wild as well!

      Dan

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