{"id":5628,"date":"2014-12-06T16:22:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T20:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=5628"},"modified":"2014-12-06T16:22:28","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T20:22:28","slug":"busy-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=5628","title":{"rendered":"Busy As"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom and I went and seeded wild rice in some lake channels on one of our farms.  While we were there we noticed the beavers had been very active.  There were fresh shavings and trees they&#8217;d gnawed down and trees they were still working on.<\/p>\n<p>This first one was a fair sized tree, maybe a foot in diameter that they had just felled.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5629\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Newly Felled\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver1.jpg 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newly Felled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5630\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver2-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"Newly Felled\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver2-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver2-575x1024.jpg 575w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver2.jpg 734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newly Felled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But on the other side of the channel they are working on some huge trees.  I can&#8217;t imagine what they&#8217;re going to do with these when they do get them chewed down.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5632\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver5-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Big Tree\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver5-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver5-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver5.jpg 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5633\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver6-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Bigger Tree\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver6-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver6-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver6.jpg 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bigger Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5631\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver3-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Huge Tree\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver3-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver3.jpg 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huge Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beavers are notoriously shy and difficult to photograph.  But I was lucky and got a picture of one working on a tree.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5634\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver7-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Beaver?\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver7-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver7-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/beaver7.jpg 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beaver?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They always look so different in real life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom and I went and seeded wild rice in some lake channels on one of our farms. 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