> > I was paddling a small flooded tributary of the Connecticut River yesterday > > when a mother and cub beaver plopped into the water on the opposite bank. I > > stopped and waited. The cub vanished (into floatsam along the bank I think) > > but mom surfaced 30 feet or so in front of me and just lay in the water, > > perpendicular to my line of travel. I've had an adult paddle along with me on a narrow river in North Jersey for 100 yards or so. Seemed to be curiosity rather than anything confrontational. There's also now one Beaver who lives along a canal in the middle of Lambertville. It's totally used to people and goes on feeding or whatever within a few feet of the tourists... Now, Woodchucks are a different matter. I never even thought of them as being associated with water in any way but there've been a few encounters. Once, paddling a rarely run stream, two young ones saw me from the bank, jumped in, and swam along with me until they were getting a little too far from their homeground. On another occasion I was ferrying across a river in flood and was surprised to see a woodchuck doing the same thing a few yards from me... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Apr 17 2001 - 23:16:44 PDT
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