Eastern Cottontail - browse and debarking
Beaver - browse and debarking
Beaver - cut tree and debarking
Porcupine - debarking
Red Squirrel - debarking
Snowshoe Hare - debarking and browse
Porcupine - nip twig, scat and bark chips from debarking
Porcupine - nip twigs, scat and bark chips from debarking
Porcupine - bark chip from debarking
Eastern Cottontail - debarking on Sumac
Eastern Cottontail - debarking
Beaver - debarking
Beaver - debarking and browse
Beaver
Eastern Cottontail - debarking and scat
Eastern Cottontail - debarking, twigs and scat
Close-up of debarking by Meadow Vole - see small teeth marks near top of debarking
Debarking and tunnels by Meadow Vole - older sign has been exposed by snow melting, previously was under snow cover.
Debarking on twig by Eastern Cottontail
Scat and sign of Eastern Cottontail
Meadow Vole - debarking, evidence of vole feeding during winter while lower tree trunk was under snow cover (note the grooves in wood created by vole incisors)
Meadow Vole - debarking, evidence of vole feeding during winter while lower tree trunk was under snow cover
Eastern Cottontail - signs of activity from most recent winter, includes feeding (browse and debarking) and scat. Note that the evidence appears above ground due to debarking during winter when snow was about a foot deep.
