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Introduction to one of the Napa Beaver believers


chewed treesHello. My name is Rusty Cohn and my first introduction to Beavers was May 9th 2014. I was out on my daily walk in Napa, Ca crossing a bridge when I saw fallen trees that had been chewed on.

I had never seen a Beaver but knew enough to know this must be the work of one. The spot is on a very busy 4 lane road one mile from downtown Napa and the traffic was busy that day so I didn’t try to investigate on the other side of the road.  I walk by this site almost daily, but the traffic is typically heavy so it took me a few days to cross over the highway and investigate on the upstream side of the bridge.

 

 

P1010856 I was excited to discover a beautiful Beaver dam. It is located between the parking lot of a major hotel and a vacant lot being prepared for another hotel of all places.

 

 

 

 

 

 

P1010864Walking upstream I discovered the Beavers had built their own hotel (lodge).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On May 11th I saw my first Beaver and became fascinated. I wanted to learn more about Beavers so I searched the internet for information and hit the gold mine. No points for guessing who it was.

 

 

 

 

 

For a couple of months the Beavers seemed to come out well before night fall and I didn’t realize at the time how lucky this was for viewing. To be continued.

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