Ahh it’s January in the Sierra foothills and 65 degrees cold.  No snow in site, so we’ll have to keep me amused with beaver stories. This one  from the Westhampton trail cam is a good start. The beavers built the pond but apparently don’t even live there any more. That’s how much of an impact they have.

Westhampton trail cam: Best of 2020

Although beavers created this pond and the extensive wetlands around it, we didn’t get any decent footage of them this year. They are still around, but in smaller numbers than past years. Perhaps the drought or the exhaustion of their favored foods forced some of them to move on.

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Don’t ever tell me that beavers don’t make a difference.