BeaverCam – SLO Beaver Brigade

Here are some videos from our wildlife cameras. More to come, check back often.

2021 Baby Beaver! Yay, Mama Beaver did it again! Footage courtesy of Dr. Emily Fairfax.

The Beaver Family heading out all together one fine evening on the Salinas River. Footage courtesy of Dr. Emily Fairfax.

MAMA BEAVER IS SOOOO READY TO HAVE HER BABIES
By Mother’s Day, this Mama Beaver will have had BABY BEAVERS! Beavers are monogamous and stay together for life. A female beaver gives birth once a year, typically one to four kits at a time. These kits, along with those born the previous year, stay with their parents in the family lodge for about two years before moving out (usually downstream) to find their own mate and build a lodge.
BEAVERCAM, Atascadero • ©Dr. Emily Fairfax

TWO BEAVER KITS PLAYING
Two little kits are playing together in freezing weather! The one on the right is rubbing her coat to spread body oils throughout her thick, layered fur to keep it fluffy and waterproof.
BEAVERCAM, Atascadero • ©Dr. Emily Fairfax

BEAVERCAM, Atascadero, Dr. Emily Fairfax and SLO Beaver Brigade

BEAVERCAM, Atascadero: Beaver and Black-crowned Night Heron • ©Dr. Emily Fairfax
Beaver ponds support hundreds of other species, which is why they’re considered a KEYSTONE SPECIES
and why we need more beavers!