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Water, water everywhere. (Napa version)


You think you’re sick of all this rain, imagine how the beavers feel. In  Napa  the Tulocay creek beavers have been dealing with the deluge as best they can. It’s true, they aren’t in danger of drowning, but lord knows it’s not convenient when your office and home are suddenly under water in the middle of a sound sleep. At least they have two defenders looking out for them. Thanks Robin Ellison and Rusty Cohn for sending this my way.

Here’s Robin’s footage of what the dam looked like at noon yesterday.

It lodgedidn’t take long until that entire beautiful lodge was underwater. Which means the beavers inside got a rude  awakening and had to scramble to dry ground to finish  their hard earned sleep. I almost felt relieved for the first time that we didn’t have our own beavers to worry about. Almost. Rusty snapped this around the same time.

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If you’ve ever had one of those crazy late nights where you slept on TOP of your covers, you know how these beavers were feeling. Just like folks climbed onto their rooftops during Katrina, beavers wisely climbed to up their lodge to escape the flooding. I wonder if the parents leave the dry lodge top for the kits to use, and negotiate the bank themselves? Check out this bit of heroism Rusty filmed moments later.

After a day of hard work and calamity there is really only one thing to be done:

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Beaver kit sleeping on lodge: Rusty Cohn

Stay dry beavers and beaver-watchers! The sun has to come soon.


 

More good news yesterday from Dana Zambrano of CrochemecrayZ in Rochelle, NY.  When I saw her work I knew it would make the perfect christmas gift. Later when I saw how delightful the actual work was I didn’t hesitate to boldly beaverbeg for the silent auction. She was kind enough to agree, and might even be inspired try a beaver kit set. Ooh!  Here let me show you what I’m talking about. izzy fox(And yes, that’s my grandniece, and in case you’re wondering, she’s a genius.)

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