Our newest family member was seen by the Worth A Dam gang last night at 8:30, swimming about near the primary dam and doing exactly what a beaver should. We received lots of well-wishes yesterday from people who’d seen the chronicle article. Skip Lisle wrote his congratulations and Lenard Houston of SURCP said he’s still trying to get photos of his new beaver twins to share. No sightings again this morning so I’m thinking he’s already found his rhythm and its ‘wake up early and go to bed early’. Our own LB was very excited to see him last night and posted this in the sightings page.
June 11th – Baby beaver seen swimming near the main dam around 8:30 PM and finding some willow twigs to eat and then taking some back to the lodge. He/she is so cute and small. Soon after a very large beaver (not Mom) came over the dam from down stream bringing back some willow branches and going towards the lodge.
There was a little flurry of news reports about the beavers yesterday. By far the most amusing one is this, a fortuitous byproduct of the massive media monopolies where everything is owned by everyone else. Clearly the best news ever printed in the Wall Street Journal and I’ll wager the only time Martinez has been discussed therein.
This week a copy of Mike Callahan’s Beaver Solutions DVD was donated to the Martinez Library which means it will be available for borrowing in all of Contra Costa and inter-library loans. If you’re curious about how to install flow device or culvert fence, or just want to see it done up close, stop by and check it out. The device used by Mike is called the “Flexible Leveler”. The one used by Skip Lisle is called the “Castor Master” (that’s what we have in Martinez) — different names and some different properties, but the same basic elements. Oh and Mike’s DVD stars the Martinez Beavers in all their swimmy glory so it’s definitely worth seeing!
