Well last night there were several interesting things-both furry and bipedal. The kits were out (and the bees were not!) which is just the way I like it. There were many new faces at the bridge, some whom had never seen the beavers before. One couple from Brentwood explained that they hadn’t known about the beavers until their family member in LA saw them on the news and told them to come check it out. That made me smile until another man said that his daughter had read about them on the website from her home in Georgia and told him to come look for himself. That’s quite a spread.
When I got home there was an email from Ian in Kentucky who says he loves beavers and has made this claymation of them. Amazing quality, the ‘Wallace & Grommit” of beavers.
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=UEtKPSS1DRs]
I’m thinking maybe Ian can help us with a “beavers in city council” video…can’t you see it now? A beaver with a gavel and picketing animals in the audience? Hmmm.
A final unexpected pleasure of the evening was meeting a woman who is involved with the local 4-H chapter. She said the girls loved the beavers and wanted to organize an “adoption” of them, but weren’t sure who to ask. I told her we would have loved for them to come to the festival, and that we would welcome any input on the website. Of course Worth A Dam would be happy to meet the girls and do a docented tour of the area, bring display items and answer questions. Maybe “adopting” a beaver means becoming a docent themselves. A few girls at each bridge answering questions and pointing out behavior. If any of that happens you can be sure that you’ll read about it here.
Always an adventure, up on beaver creek.
