J.G.Hall 1954 245 Sept 12 Sagehen Creek, 650ft, 3 mi NW Hobart Mills Nevada Co, Calif. Upper I came down into pond underwater but then I lost sight of it. 6:55 a small beaver with no tail notches seen in main pond, dove + was lost. 7:10 unidentified beaver cutting willow in "scarbarb" pond. 7:20 spike, doe, fawns on N shore. 7:30 twin notch (2 thins) came up over main dam into main pond, swam back & forth, splashed, finally went over one of the middle crossings to cut willows. I climbed down at 7:30 and went over to the N shore. As I stood on the log reaching from my tree to the shore, twin scar (I) came back over the main dam with a willow in her mouth and spied me. She swam and splashed about excitedly very close to me, splashing me once, then dove into the lodge with willows in tow. 7:45 I made my way over to the lodge to see if I could hear her chewing. Put my head down close to lodge but could hear no chewing so prepared to leave. Just then she surfaced in the little canal that beavers have cut to make an island of their lodge. I was on a log that crosses this little canal. She beaver began to hiss & splash excitedly and didn't