Beaver watching in Jackson Park

Photo: Jane Masterson

We were beaver watching over at Jackson Park Inner Harbor near 63rd Street Beach last night and Jane took this shot of a beaver munching on a tree branch just before sunset at around 8:15 p.m. Beavers are among the largest of rodents. They are herbivores and prefer to eat leaves, bark, twigs, roots, and aquatic plants. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Beaver
http://gallery.me.com/mastodons#102894 (Jane's beaver video at this link.)