The pond was too dam high, and the beavers were girdling trees far out from the usual shore, so we set sail to pipe the beaver dam. Dogs waiting for us to get the boat to the deep water:

Lily:

Gretchen and the lilies:

Dogs and pipe with Gretchen in the boat:

A hawk.

Beaver dam ho!

Small cypress:

Lilies at the edge of the pond:

Floating bottom, with movie:

Movie: Ready to pipe beaver dam (8.4M):

It actually took much less time and effort to bust a gap in the beaver dam than we expected, so we went home to have lunch.

We decided to walk back that afternoon (don’t ask). Foam downstream:

Movie: Overflow from below (8.1M):

Little Red Riding Hood sneaking up on a moccasin:

Look at that nice tannin-colored water. Wait, she’s got clippers!

If the beavers bury the big pipe, the little pipe will still let water in:

Surfing in the beaver pond:

Yellow Dog wants to know what Gretchen is doing:

Pipe floats:

Pictures and videos by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 July 2013.

To be continued….

-jsq

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