Some compassionate downtown workers who have had a ringside seat for this entire ‘epic tail’ have expressed their affection for our missing matriarch. They asked for no credit but have left hearts onsite if you wish to add your sentiments. Also check out the support from our neighbor at the mayor of claycord.
After a week of change and trauma, the beaver family seems to be getting back into a routine. All three kits were seen again last night, as well as Dad and Yearling. There was swimming, feeding and push-matches to pursue, the last is an excellent sign that our young beavers are no longer worried about who’s taking care of them or where their next meal is coming from and are finally able to address the more important questions: which kit is stronger.
Photo: Cheryl Reynolds
Human lives are getting a little more normal also, as beaver supporters settle into the routines of this “new family” and begin to relax that it can survive on its own. The beavers were the topic of conversation far and wee yesterday, in law firms in the city and weirdly enough on the Orange County Craig’s list forum. (?) The very best has to be the touching headline released by KTVU, reading:
UPDATE: Father Of Martinez Beavers Returns, Feeding Kits
Gosh don’t you wish that there were updates like that on every beaver colony around the nation? Maybe a “beaver beat” for reporters? At its basic level the beaver story is essentially the story of a family, so I guess the headline is the same as something like “Father feared to be dead in plane crash returns home for dinner”. The moral of the story: children will be cared for and life will go on.
I heard from Leonard and Lois this morning from SURCP. They were extending their condolences at mom’s death and reassuring us that the kits would manage with the two year old. They offered this startling proof,
So sorry to hear about mother beaver, the kits should be old enough to
feed and it’s amazing how the two year olds can take over parenting.
We had a pair of beavers eaten by a mountain lion yet the one year old and
the kit have survived on their own.
Once again our condolences.
Mountain lions eating mom and dad! (shudder) I guess it could be much much worse, but that’s probably always true so we shouldn’t be surprised. In the mean time we’ll be out again tonight, watching our newly stabilized family show off their three youngest beaver exhibits. If you can get away, you should come too.
