Hurray! Jon saw both beavers last night! And when they came together they touched noses. I can’t help thinking that they’ve been out of sight for two weeks because Mom’s holed up in a den raising newborns. Dad is supposed to sleep somewhere else at first. So it makes sense they’d ‘greet’ after a night apart. We’re celebrating by marching down to Ward street this morning. But here are some treats until we get back.

Beating the beaver at its own busy nature

And now for the long awaited presentation by Art Wolinsky of New Hampshire:

If you don’t have time to watch it now, I’ll just share my favorite part: the special birthday bonus from 3124 miles away.
LATER:

Beavers chewing and swimming but nothing light enough to film. Yesterday morning I was certain that we had no beavers at all. And now I’m thinking we have a new generation. Remember that this mom and dad don’t have any yearlings to help keep an eye on the youngsters, and that could explain why they went to bed early before the little on(s) toddled out of the crib. Here’s a look at the pictures in my head, courtesy of my FB buddy Sylvie ‘Biber’ Meller. These photos show the motherhood of a beaver in Scotland called Mrs. Bob. Sylvie she wrote this about her willingness to be filmed breast feeding her kits:

It’s all about Mrs Bob. She is the most relaxed beaver ever! When i first saw her over 2 years ago she was living at the same spot (disappeared for almost a year after they were caught,tested and released before she came back again). It’s this little beach she loves on the other side of the river and she goes there for grooming herself , brings her food there and now has the kits there too They live underneath an old tree, guess the root system has been washed out and thats what they made their home. So maybe its not big enough for her inside there? Or maybe she is a bit of a show off – had it a couple of times when i was waiting quietly to see her for hours and then some noisy people stop over and she comes out to sit down hahaha. Her partner behaves more like a “normal” beaver, only seen him on the beach a handful of times and he is usually off when he senses that people are around. Some weeks ago she came up on the footpath side to grab some willow twigs and i was only 1 1/2 m away – she was fully aware i was sitting there! And my partner had her sitting next to him (that was 2 years ago) and grooming herself – he could feel her fur onto his arms! The tests showed that she is one of 3 kits born to the original couple, but if you’d tell me she was raised by humans i would believe you!