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Beavers-Pieces of the Puzzle #1
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N 47° 42.451' W 122° 02.500' |
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Redmond, Washington 98053 United States Near By Caches
Hidden On: 03 Dec 2002
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This two stage multi cache will take you past an active beaver pond.
The beaver (Castor Canadensis) did more to push the westward settlement of North America than any other mammal. Its soft underfur, in addition to being very warm, was the height of fashion and pushed trappers as far west as they could go. Settlers followed the trappers. The pelt of the beaver became a unit of currency in colonial times. By the late 1700's, the beaver became extinct in parts of the eastern U.S. By the early 1900's, only scattered and greatly reduced populations remained. Through regulated harvesting and transplantation, large scale re-establishment of the beaver has boosted their population. Beavers are thought to be monogamous. Usually there is one single breeding female within a colony. They form a matriarchal society, with the female dominant over the males and young. Both sexes display territorial behavior and will threaten and fight intruding beavers. Communication is through postures, scent marking, tail slapping and vocalizations, usually a whistling or whining call. January and February are their breeding times. Births occur from April to June. Litter size ranges from one to five but is normally two to four. The North American beaver population, originally thought to be in the 60 to 400 million range, is now estimated at six to twelve million. This two stage multi-cache will take you past an active beaver colony. When we first saw this colony last fall, it was a full colony of five. The largest beaver we took to calling Grandpa but now realize it was mom or dad. It was huge. They can grow to 40 kg. The coordinates above will lead you to a smallish container. Inside and on the top you will find the coordinates to the final location. The one half mile walk between the two WPs will lead you past this pond. Please be sensitive in this area and do not disturb the wildlife. In order to have a better chance of seeing the beaver, visit early morning or late afternoon. Beavers are mostly nocturnal. Both containers are located no more than six feet off the trail and can be seen without leaving the trail. No need to bushwack! Both are well hidden and satellite reception is VERY POOR. We took readings on five differant days and found the ones posted to be the best. If you have better luck with the satellites, please feel free to post the coordinates to the first WP in your log and send the coordinates to the second WP to us via e-mail. This is not a drive up cache! The walk in and out alone will take around one hour. When you add in search time you should plan on at least two hours to find this cache. This is the first of the Pieces of the Puzzle series. Please be sure to record the information on the puzzle piece to complete this series. |
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04 Dec 2002 by
Moun10Bike
(Finds: 35 Score: 147.5)
(Hidden: 1 Score: 6)
Open Log: Personal use only
Today was the day for my weekly geocache outing with 2Dolphins. We arrived at the parking lot with the rain coming down fairly hard, and there was a bit of a nip in the air, but a brisk walk toward the cache site quickly warmed us up.
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