Month: April 2020

So yesterday I get an email from guess where, South Carolina. And he says no kidding I think a beaver is living under my house. He’s  put in some cameras and sends me a video. He lives by a lake and his basement is near open water. And this is what he hears bumping around at night.

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And I think, wow this is the luckiest man who has ever lived. An Amy Chadwick wrote that she would be handing him apple slices on a silver platter every evening. But I suppose it might get old after four or five years when he starts gnawing on the floor boards.

I called Mike Callahan who talked about finding where the beaver is getting and covering it with wire or chain link fencing. And I passed that along to our lucky friend with some other thoughts of my own.

But man oh man I need to go check my basement right now. It could happen you know, the creek is only a block away. One time a crawdad climbed all the way into our pond just on its own so you know its possible.

Hmmm. Jon went down at last light and did indeed see a beaver at ward street. Seemingly coming out from under the old den on the left with lots of shrubbery hanging down. He went across to the castro Street side and slid down a mud pile and splashed. Jon thinks he might have heard a tail slap at the same time. It seems there may just be a friend for that beaver?

No footage yet, but I had a nice chat with Moses yesterday who is very bored with nothing to do so fingers crossed this may tempt him. This is 2016 footage from the same general in 2016 area. Stay tuned.

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Well, well, well, Look what is enjoying all those regrown trees along the creek near Starbucks. This was filmed last night by a resident named Kim DeVito. I guess all those empty streets finally turned up some treasure.

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Just in case you’re not sure whether that dark grainy phone snap is a beaver, she posted this too.

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Time to visit our friend Art Wolinsky in New Hampshire. You might remember that he worked  with Mike Callahan years ago to install a flow device at his condo that would allow the beavers to stay and not be trapped. Over the years he’s done some touching up, and really is enjoying a splendid beaver habitat. I’m so jealous.

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