denali – Nov 16, 2009 12:00 AM

The November weather has been much warmer than usual, creating a scenario of extra food cached throughout the enclosure. In the first time since the pups were introduced, we canceled the Saturday evening feeding program. At the time of these log postings, there are still 3 or 4 beaver caches in the enclosure. Denali has been very good at caching and defending his caches. He has even started some marking behavior, a sign of maturity. He did a partial raise leg urination and attempted to scrape the ground afterward. He also did a significant amount of scent rolling and then marked on a beaver spot. All of his behaviors were captured on video for the weekly Youtube.