The bear, wolf, coyote, fisher, wolverine, otter, and lynx prey upon the beaver who is, nevertheless, a powerful antagonist when at bay.
I was an eager beaver when I first took up golf and the bug is biting hard again.
A bird builds a nest, or the rabbit a burrow, the bee its comb, the beaver a dam, by nature, as Aristotle would say.
Cevennes national Park has reintroduced red deer, beaver, griffon vulture and tried the reintroduction of woodgrouse.
When the first European settlers docked their ships here they weren't only enticed by beaver pelts.
Wampum was prized by the Indians and used by the Europeans as currency in exchange for beaver pelts.
One of the favorite targets of the trappers in North America was the beaver, the largest of the North American rodents.
There were six different furs to choose from including brown and grey Persian lamb, and beaver.
Like Skytop, PEEC offers wonderful nature hikes and the chance to see an operating beaver dam.
The beaver pelts were used to make felt hats for European noblemen and merchants alike.
Beaver cloth is a heavy woolen overcoating, napped and pressed down to resemble beaver fur.
The region teemed with muskrat, beaver, wolverine, otter, wolf, fox and bear.
With his hunting experience, he introduced trapping lures for mink, muskrats, fox, beaver, bobcats, coyotes and wolves.
Boys and girls in the borough can join the scouts aged as young as six when they are eligible to attend meetings of the beaver scout section.
Northern beaver is worked in soft ivory tones in blouson pullovers and jackets.
Specially imported mohair cloths were attractively trimmed with black Persian lamb and real beaver lamb.
They have a muzzle shaped like the bill of a duck, webbed feet, and a tail like that of a beaver.
Among them are Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir John A. MacDonald festooned in mink, beaver, muskrat, seal and rabbit.
The agency has now submitted new evidence from other European countries which have successfully set up beaver colonies.
Mink is America's favorite fur, according to the Fur Information Council of America, followed by sable, fox and beaver.
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The beaver, which appears often on Canadian souvenirs, might seem to be an odd animal to have as a national symbol.
In addition, Cranberry Glades is home to white-tailed deer, beaver, and black bear, as well as ruffed grouse and great blue herons.
In the next scene, he builds an airy dome, something like a beaver lodge, out of bleached driftwood.
In the pond were two beaver lodges and along the shore there were many examples of beaver-gnawed trees.
This tenant house, 1 of 7, was part of a mill complex that mainly made jeans and beaver cloth.
They were fairly large specimens, dressed for the evening in the beaver hats and red flannel shirts favored by rough sporting men.
The rear feet of the beaver are large and webbed like a duck's feet, to give the animal good swimming ability.
The ants are preparing, the birds are building their nests, and the beaver is constructing his dam.
All some eager beaver has to do is prove to Bob's satisfaction that the earth does indeed move and he will pony up a thousand bucks.
Padlin doubted his eyes were visible, shadowed from the overhead gaslights by the brim of his beaver hat.
There is beaver or printed silver for fur trim used with leather for collars, sleeves and belts.
These ethnic artefacts use interesting materials such as beaver fur, moose hide and deer toes.
Her coffin was lovingly wrapped in muskrat, beaver and fox furs and lowered into the ground by her family.
From the early 1620s, coastal Indians supplied wampum to Dutch traders who exchanged it with inland natives for beaver pelts.
The greatest reward went to the post master who received one shilling for each score of beaver or an amount of furs of the same value.
The den contains a raggedy rug and two sketches Ty did himself of a beaver and a rooster.
The beaver uses its flat tail to warn other beavers of danger by slapping the water surface before diving.
He handed the Huronian Native the promised items and received the soft beaver pelts, placing them with the rest from that day.
I also believe that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal, although I am not Canadian.
Florence was given away by her father and wore a travelling dress of brown beaver cloth with hat and gloves to match.
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I worked like a beaver to get it out, and yet the disease appeared to creep from limb to limb of the study before me.
The damp, gray beaver State is attracting the most incoming movers of any other state, according to a new survey.
Sure, Mitt Romney seems ripe for parody, what with his Leave It to beaver vibe and eye-popping wealth.
White-tailed deer, beaver, and red fox are content with just about any vegetation and width, whereas wild turkey and wood duck prefer forested buffers over 35 feet wide.
National Wildlife Refuges have also helped some seriously depleted populations of birds and mammals, including beaver, wood duck, sea otter, and dozens of shorebirds.
This slow-moving creature is Canada's largest rodent next to the beaver.
There was no mention made of the fact that the beaver is a native North American species whereas the cherry trees are exotics, imported from Japan.
The first exploration of Canada's interior was for the purpose of finding beaver pelts to satisfy the obsession with fur coats by the European elite.
Also on the program that night were the Marshall Dancers from the Lower Yukon, dressed in sumptuous headdresses that were trimmed with wolf and beaver fur.
Defence chiefs decided to stop making the busbies worn by the King's Troop from beaver fur several years ago, after protests that the animal was in danger of becoming extinct.
He nodded and Jeffries handed him his gloves, his beaver hat, and cane.
The annual production is about 120,000 yards of all-wool beaver cloth.
I have been a busy little beaver this week in Canberra, oh yes.
Franklin used his fame to win an alliance with France, even letting himself be pictured in a beaver hat.
Effective and safe trapping requires knowledge of the habits of beaver, habitat conditions, and presence of nontarget animals as well as knowledge of the trap and lures.
There was otter scat on the bank, coyote tracks on the ice, and where the bridge had arched the flow in some lost age, a recently demolished beaver dam.
The living rodent with the most archaic characters, most like the common ancestor of the Rodentia, is the sewellel or mountain beaver of the northwestern United States.
It is an ambassador, opening the borders of the Canuck kitchen, and wafting forth the knowledge of other such national delights as maple syrup, tourtiere, and beaver tails.
The birdshot loads have already accounted for a respectable number of venomous Mississippi snakes and I even bagged a beaver with a well-placed charge of buckshot.
And of course the sky's the limit if you prioritise, go for it, ignore those who beaver away, put in the hours, take few holidays, limp home injured but uncomplaining.
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Other finds at the Agate Fossil Beds include the remains of the chalicothere Moropus, the camel Stenomylus, the prehistoric beaver Paleocastor, and the bear-dog Daphoenodon.
On the night of February 13, 1922, Hum Mon Sen was shot in front of his herb shop in China Alley by a highbinder who witnesses said wore a beaver cowboy hat.
Driven out by the French, the Huguenots carried with them the process they had developed for turning beaver plews into the felt used for the beaver hats.
When chimps forage for food they do not ask themselves why, or consider better alternatives any more than does a beaver consider better ways of building dams.
He's a real eager beaver when it come to learning new things.
Photos from 40 years ago show a common practice of clearing vegetation and beaver dams from streams to help the water run more freely for irrigation.
Not really waving, you see, but drowning, as the figure in the beaver coat scissor-strode away in clackety peerie heels.
The middle class were known to wear fox, hare and beaver while the less fortunate wore goat, wolf and sheepskin.
The actor will play a depressed man who finds solace in wearing a beaver hand-puppet.
If problems become unmanageable, as local administrators in Limburg fear, the beaver will be captured again.
The native people of North America made much use of beaver pelts, tanning and sewing them together to make robes.
Outside the court, the police had a tough time keeping eager beaver fans and the media in control.
The Dutch depended on the indigenous population to capture, skin, and deliver pelts to them, especially beaver.
Furthermore, the foramen magnum is rounded in the Eurasian beaver, but triangular in the North American beaver.
The Eurasian beaver has a triangular nasal opening, unlike those of the North American beavers, which are square.
And, as a protected species, that would be in breach of their European beaver rights.
In the American state of Arkansas, beaver tail stew is consumed in Cotton town.
The dark, red-meat jaw muscle is on top of the head, like on a beaver or bear.
There, beaver ponds produce increased food for young fish and provide refuges for large adults heading upstream to spawn.
Downstream migration of Atlantic salmon smolts was similarly unaffected by beaver dams, even in periods of low flows.
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The landing beaver would swap ends, crash dive, and smash the water loudly with its tail.
The Tay watershed beaver may be escapees from Tayside captive beaver enclosures.
Brook trout, coho, and sockeye salmon were significantly larger in beaver ponds than those in unimpounded stream sections in Colorado and Alaska.
These findings are similar to several studies of beaver effects on fish in North America.
The basins in which organic lakes occur are associated with beaver dams, coral lakes, or dams formed by vegetation.
He was dressed in the suit he'd bought for his mother's funeral, beaver top hat, silk surtout.
Wow! Laundry, dishes, and errands, all in one day? You've been a busy beaver.
Unlike most other rodents, beaver pairs are monogamous, staying together for multiple breeding seasons.
The guard hairs of the Eurasian beaver have longer hollow medullae at their tips.
As early as 1600, French, Dutch, and English traders began exploring the New World, trading metal, glass, and cloth for local beaver pelts.
They paddle out, sighting a merganser family, and a beaver swimming near its lodge, warning them away with a loud slap splash from its tail.
More recently, a beaver has taken up residence on the Loch of the Lowes, possibly coming from the Tayside population.
Beavering away when the first beaver family was set free in Knapdale forest, Argyllshire, at the start of a five-year-trial.
It has been suggested that beaver dams could retain water in upland areas, reducing flood volumes and creating new habitats for wildlife.
Willow and Aspen in the ecology of beaver on Sagehen Creek, California.
A piece of birch wood which had been gnawed by a beaver was found sticking out of the eroding bankside of the Scaup burn at Kielder Forest in Northumberland.
Television commentator Tucker Carlson no longer wears his signature bow ties and the MIT beaver mascot is now going tieless, but Joe Plaud remains a big fan.
The small animals seen most commonly include the eastern grey squirrel, the snowshoe hare, the groundhog, the skunk, the raccoon, the chipmunk and the Canadian beaver.
Some animals hunted were the red deer, moose, horse, Irish elk and beaver.
Other prominent symbols include the beaver, Canada goose, and common loon, the Crown, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and more recently the totem pole and Inuksuk.
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Some of these encounters include Betty the beaver, a mudskipper, Frankie the flying fish, and wild mushrooms, which Madison warns Wally not to eat.
Old beaver trails, bank caveins and sandbars often provide them with the stairstep structure to access crossing sites without bailing off a bank like a skydiver.
Besides providing warmth, it's good protection against beaver stobs.
Other small mammals, such as rabbits, foxes, badgers, hares, hedgehogs, and stoats, are very common and the European beaver has been reintroduced in parts of Scotland.
Seventeen species are listed mainly because they are endangered on a global scale, such as the European beaver, even if the population in Norway is not seen as endangered.
Following a suicide attempt, he returns to the homestead with a beaver glove puppet, through which he addresses the family as part of a bizarre form of therapy.
Indeed, in May 2013, a Belarusian fisherman died after being bitten several times by a beaver, severing an artery in his leg and causing him to bleed to death.
The keepers, Kelvin Davies and Allan McGregor, our eager beaver discovered are the only custodians to have saved three consecutive Premier League penalties.
Jussi Jaaskelainen also denied him when he let rip with another fierce attempt and Larsson was an eager beaver in helping Stephen Kelly in defence.
This volume brings together more than twenty years' thinking, research and fieldwork on the topic and provides a wonderful range of material on the European beaver.
The European beaver was hunted to extinction in England in the 12th century before eventually dying out from its stronghold in Scotland in the 16th century.
Killdeer and red-winged blackbirds thrive along the densely thicketed edges of lakes and small ponds where beaver busily harvest trees to build lodges and dams.
Norway is currently unique in having both an anadromous salmonid population of major economic and social importance, and a large Eurasian beaver population.
The conservation organisation is hoping to set the European beaver free in Scotland in spring 2003 if its project gets the goahead from the Scottish Executive.
Geomorphologic and hydrographical properties of the drainage canals predict the shape and quantitative characteristics of beaver impoundments in these water bodies.
Some are already in the wild in isolated populations, while others, including racoons, the leopard cat and the American beaver, could gain footholds in the future.
A short distance away, at twilight, a fat beaver climbed out of the river onto a leaning willow oak, peered down, and dove into the water with a preposterous splash.
In other seasons I maintain paths, open up newly built beaver dams, and smell the large white water lilies with yellow centers and heart-shaped leaves.
Development of nine new microsatellite loci for the American beaver, Castor canadensis, and cross-species amplification in the European beaver, Castor fiber.
Then there are the character actors who beaver away, delivering terrific turns year after year, eventually making the masses realise that they are national treasures.
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I have lost count of the number of people I have met or read about here who beaver away behind the scenes doing charity work at their own expense.
To help them, there is a salmon ladder and that has already been blocked by beaver activity but fortunately cleared before any damage could be done.

This young Amerindian was dressed in beaver garments which were a nest of vermin.
In most beaver the shoulders swell plumply above the back line after the outline of the grizzly bear.
We named the place obviously beaver Pond, resumed our packs, and pushed on.
Next in importance to its skin, the beaver was valued for the castoreum it yielded.
The Indians also highly prized the castoreum of the beaver for its supposed medicinal properties.
Another time a beaver, passing over a trap to get the castoreum, had his hind-leg broken.
The beaver works with the cold-chisel, and a few clean strokes suffice to level a four-inch bole.
The cony is a relative of the rabbit, the squirrel, the beaver, and the prairie dog.
In habits and otherwise the coypu is much like the beaver, but is a smaller animal, and has a rounder tail.
The coypu, sometimes called the South American beaver, inhabits the river-banks, and is highly prized for its fur.
It is certain we have lost the beaver, whose bones have been more than once found in our selkirkshire bogs and marlmosses.
For thick waterproof soles the skin of the beaver or the harp seal is used.
Staying late would give her the reputation of an eager beaver, and that would make her unpopular.
Probably no hexapod, however, has more interested entomologists than Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema, a parasite of the beaver.
The trappers entertain a superstitious notion, which leads them to remove a kneecap from each beaver and throw it into the fire.
Associations of families without apparent structure or organisation, such as those of the vizcacha and the beaver.
It has a flat tail like the beaver and not at all resembling the tapering tail of water rat.
There were her fish, and the water spider, and the beaver to shelter all winter.
And there are entries relating to everything between a violin and a paillasse, a brass fender and a blue beaver coat.
Umpachee is an old beaver that sits in his own house, and swims in his own pond.
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As the ermine was called the pontic mouse, the beaver was named the pontic dog.
In Tamaulipas the beaver may occur only in the ro Grande drainage.
And just at that awkward minute down tumbled his father's old beaver over his head and face, putting a comical quencher on his self-reproaches.
Cat pelts are considered exotic species, while the three mainstays in the fur trade business here are beaver, raccoon and muskrat.
Look at the bee, and at the beaver, my good man, and learn to be a provider.
Why does the beaver build his dam, and the oriole hang her nest?
Tail of a beaver, bill of a duck, Feet of an otter, just his luck!
Here their horses wax fat on good pasturage, while the tribe revels in plenty upon the flesh of deer, elk, bear, and beaver.
They'll be clearing out a beaver lake with a diving bell, next!
Merlin was there, enchanting away like a beaver, but not raising the moisture.
A mountain brook runs through the midst, ponded below by beaver dams.
His men were continually stealing away thither, with whatever beaver skins they could secrete or lay their hands on.
They found in it the forepaw of a beaver, the sight of which tantalized their hunger, and added to their dejection.
Trapping season for bobcat, coyote, fox, weasel, fisher, mink, river otter, beaver, muskrat, opossum, raccoon and skunk opens today.
I forgot to lacerate your beaver hats, but that is soon done.
The beaver hat and swallow-tailed coat were kept in the lead.
He wears a beaver hat and swallow-tailed coat, girdled with a sailor-belt and sheath-knife.
Still the beaver fair was enlivened by music and tricksy gambols.
Dressed in his best bib and tucker, he was, beaver hat and all.
Like the beaver, it is furnished with an undercoat of soft downy fur.
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Rival parties of trappers soon exhaust the streams, especially when competition renders them heedless and wasteful of the beaver.
But remember to touch your beaver where the hemlock boughs are low.
Think of living so near a beaver or a water-rat with clothes on!
What do you know of your own State if you are ignorant of beaver.
He had not proceeded far when he came to a beaver pond, and caught a glimpse of one of its painstaking inhabitants busily at work upon the dam.
The Prince worked like a beaver all the time he was at Bloemfontein.
This season the mother robin had nested upon the top of the beaver house.
On the Paloure River a beaver suffers in the manner of purusha.
Fitzpatrick himself, with his associate, Bridger, had pushed off with a strong party of trappers, for a prime beaver country to the north-northwest.
Hardly had he passed an angle of the wood before a stout gentleman in a beaver cap came riding toward him on a handsome raven-black horse, accompanied by two hunt servants.
His cavalcade consisted of eighty-two horses, most of them heavily laden with Indian goods, beaver traps, ammunition, Indian corn, corn meal and other necessaries.
The only action was a beaver that disappeared with the slap of a tail as we rounded one of the river's many oxbows that can make a compass schizophrenic.
In this way, the goods he had brought to trade for beaver skins, were likely to be bartered for horseflesh, and all the proceeds devoured upon the spot.
When a beaver chomps on a cottonwood, however, that strategy misfires.
That other whiff of animal in your perfume could be musk secreted from the sheath gland of the musk deer or a dash of castoreum from glands in the groin of the beaver.
He was a large, thick-set man, a reminder of Benjamin Franklin, with clean-shaven face, long hair curling at the ends, frock coat, high collar, and beaver hat.

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