BEAVERS ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Yesterday was splendid, and thanks to the fortunate help of two of Lorena Castillo’s awesome new leaf students, and the help of Susan and her two stalwart grand daughters everything came off without a hitch. No thanks to the weather of course, which was freezing and windy much of the day. So windy entire booths were blowing over and rangers came around with sand bags!

On the home front, I am still unable to access this site with my WiFi because my IP address has been frozen for martinez beavers. Last night I was lucky enough to find a tech who knew what the problem was, and actually fixed it for two glorious minutes, but then it froze again and he said he needed to talk to an engineer and get back to me, which never happened. So too bad for me. This morning I’m using my IPad and a city hotspot to post, but g since it’s Easter hopefully we’re closer and my intenet will rise again.

There was good beaver news yesterday though,so there’s plenty to talk about. First the tragic story of a beaver pioneer who swam the ocean from Connecticut to Long Island to find a new home, survived sharks and stingrays only to be stuck by a vehicle when he finally walked ashore.

A North American beaver was discovered in Orient last Tuesday morning, the first reported beaver sighting on Long Island in almost a decade.

Two New York State Department of Transportation employees found the dead beaver near the intersection of Narrow River Road and Route 25 around 9 a.m. while on patrol. They said the sighting was unusual; they had never seen beavers in the area.

A spokesperson for the state Department of Environmental Conservation said they responded to the report of a suspected beaver carcass last Wednesday. DEC wildlife staff confirmed that the carcass was a male beaver, weighing 15.7 kilograms. The spokesperson said it is suspected that the beaver swam to Orient Point from Connecticut.

‘It made it all the way from Connecticut to out here, only to get killed on the road,” said one of the DOT employees who found the beaver. “It’s a shame.”

Yes it is a shame. But the good news is that if you read through the comments you’ll see folks have seen this many times in the years, because just between you and me the DEC is never the first to see anything.

I would say more, but using an IPAD for this is really annoying so that will do for this morning. Wish me smart techs and fewer black holes.