One day hiking out at Finley I found this beaver dam! The dam is the biggest one on this small creek, and it had a little pool behind it, where the rest of the creek is dry. These pictures are from a few weeks ago, when Corvallis hadn't had any rain for months. The pool is only an inch or so deep, and just chalked full of huge tadpoles.
I fond the tadpole situation amusing and depressing, they were all clinging to life in a shrinking pool with no chance unless it rained soon. As amazing as it was to see so many in one spot, I really felt bad for the little guys too. I am happy to report that just a few days later the rains hit, and now they are all swimming around happy in a much bigger pool. Now that I know these tadpoles lived to tell their tail, and the pictures aren't foreshadowing a mass pond extension I though I would share them with the world.
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| The Beaver Dam |
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| Tadpole picture #1 |
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| Tadpole picture #2 |
Here is a video that gives you a better idea of just how shallow the water was. These guys literally had nowhere to go.
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