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Originally Posted by Resident 2B
SteveA,
I am very sure that is a beaver. Otters swim mostly with their heads up. Beavers have a large wake due to their body shape.
No idea why he is there, but they do travel from place to place. If there is a small stream that is running near by, he could be planning to build a dam. They are great engineers. They are on the school ring of MIT!
R2B
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LOL.. Really on the ring?
It may well be, the photo evidence is pretty strong. Maybe he's commuting from the job site, but he has bypassed the Poor Farm brook both days, which is the only "river" in the area, didn't go anywhere near it.
I've been hanging out down there in the pre dawn because there is a pair of loon that have been in the area for about a week. I'll see if he makes the commute again tomorrow.
There is an active beaver colony in the Gunstock River behind my house and I can see that they have built and extensive series of dams to create ponds where there weren't any before. But because beaver are primarily nocturnal, I've yet to see the beavers.
It's fun to try and solve the mystery!