In other news (and what actually struck me with the fancy to blog today) we have a beaver. Well not *we* as in our house or property, although I did catch him/her on my porch the other day eating sunflower seeds I'd left out for the squirrels. The beaver is actually about 5 condos down from us, it has dug its
elf a nice cool hole under their cement stairs. I found him this morning when I was walking the dog. Now we've seen him quite a few times before, apparently so have some of the more ... shall we say obnoxious?... children in the neighborhood. Those kids really don't like me- I'm that chick that's always yelling at them for doing stupid stuff. For example, chasing a 35 pound beaver with a stick.Anyway, I was taking a couple photos of the beaver this morning & I let Skylar come out to see it up close (we were a mere 10ft away from it!) and someone who knows the condo association president
said we should call animal
control. Now, in my humble opinion thebeaver is just fine. As far as I know the beaver's been here all summer. We've no young trees for it to strip and other than that hole under those folks' stairs there's no sign of damage from him at all. Besides, it's funny to watch those damn outdoor cats that are roaming around not be able to take it, haha
Anyhow, this lady said that since we've gotten a new management company they'll be accessing all the houses individually and those stairs will have to be fixed. So bye-bye subterranean beaver home. She may be right though, I mean I have to admit I worry when I see the beaver dashing across the busy street and hiding under parked cars.
It's really neat to see wildlife like this up close and frequently. Especially beavers! They're incredibly clever and cute. But then you have to stop and think about just how wrong it seems to have such examples of wildlife in a busy condo development 3 blocks from 2 major highways...
Perhaps I will call someone at the shelter to relocate him when they open on Tuesday. I'll miss watching him.
