When’s the last time you thanked the volunteers at the hundreds of wildlife rescue sites around the world who are crazy busy this time of year feeding baby everythings? My parents used to to to church with a woman who did the vetrinary care for Tri County wildlife, and she would often come to mass with a baby raccoon or jackrabbit that needed to be fed so often it couldn’t be left alone. Our own Cheryl Reynolds is now a volunteer at the International Bird Rescue and Research Center, and just put pictures of some baby owls she rescued on her web page.
And then there’s this:
Everyone is wild for the two newest additions: 2 baby beavers. The one in the movie above is getting fed on his back wrapped in a towel, by bottle just like our own kids. Below is the sibling of the one getting fed, hanging out in a tank with a stuffed Beaver Mommy. See his little flat tail?…Just yesterday I was at the Wildlife Rehab Center and had a first with The Beavers. I’ve never even seen one until 2 weeks ago, and in that time I filmed THIS little movie of them drinking from a bottle (You MUST click that link to watch, if you haven’t seen it!). To my great delight, a few days later I myself was feeding them. And yesterday I got to “swim” them…. meaning we fill up the large utility sink off the kitchen and put them in so they can get used to swimming. Had I been thinking, I would have gotten THAT on video.
Her parting words in the entry? “Who knew Beavers were this cute and… human?“
Ahhhh, we did of course.
On a different note, our beaver friend Ian Timothy needs your finger clicking help, and would very much appreciate it if you could visit his claymation entry into the “Morph” contest, and vote for him by rating his video. He’s currently in second place, and the winner gets a treat from the original artist who created Morph. We want to encourage this 14 year old wonder to go on and do amazing films that help beavers everywhere, so give him two minutes and go here.
And finally, guess who’s “going to Medford” tomorrow to fix that pesky beaver problem?
