Rumor has it that a beaver suspect was observed last night at 8;30 near Starbucks. Browsing on purloined substances. An actual beaver seen by someone who knows the difference between a beaver and a raccoon! I’m so excited. The only thing better than a beaver in Martinez is two beavers in Martinez!
Jon’s going to be busy tonight!
For those of you following along at home that would be the last one on the right.
The next bright spot on our good news for the day comes from the beaver working group in Montana, whose newsletter is put together by Sarah Bates of the National Wildlife Foundation. Guest what she included this month amidst a discussion of the BRAT tool and BeaverCon 2020?
The links really work too! I just wish she’d mentioned “WORTH A DAM” but I guess if someone follows the links they’ll get the idea. Right? Affirming to see the urban beavers print get noticed.
For those of us that can’t sneak down to the beaver pond to see what’s happening, I pass along this glorious webcam of the PGE peregrines in San Francisco. True story. I started watching George and Gracie way back in 2006 because my Dad used to work in that building lo these many years ago. I was stunned to watch a community grow around following a single family of wildlife online. We all felt so connected to them, to each other, and to their story.
There was the heartbreaking time the fledgling falcon fell off the ledge and onto the busy SF street: A brave Fed-ex worker stopped his delivery truck and brought him back up to the 39th floor in a box. Since he alone of all his siblings got to ride in the elevator everyone called him ‘Otis’. It informed all the later efforts watching beavers and helped me understand what they meant to people.
And now they’re back, and the camera is way way better. It follows them around the scrape and you can actually ZOOM! ENJOY!
