Filmed on 7 March 2020; published on 26 January 2021
Location: Sapwi Trails Community Park, Conejo Recreation & Park District, Thousand Oaks, California
- VIDEO BY ALICE
- SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Dear Ones,
Here is a walk alongside a woodrat village In the Conejo Recreation & Park District. There is a Summary after the video …
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
Dudes! A woodrat village! They have this searing warning sound. At first I thought it was a bicycle bell. Then I thought it was a wounded bird or squirrel. And finally I realized it is a woodrat warning signal.
I will try to imitate the woodrat warning whistle. It went a little like this … [Makes two loud whistling sounds.]
These are a couple of woodrat nests. You see, there is one [shows one] and there is another one right there [shows another], right down near the water too [by a small stream bed].
[Pans left.] Here is the other one … see, right there … can you see it? Sticks everywhere. See? There is the top of it [pans upward] and there is the bottom [pans downward]. [Walks forward.] It’s a village. Look, there is the other one. And there are probably more. [Pans left.] This might be one too … a big one. [Zooms forward.] [Shows three more discovered while walking.]Look … a baby one, for a baby woodrat. [And zooms forward to scrub jay perched on a twig.]
In love, light and joy,
I Am of the Stars
See also … Link: “Pack Rat Under Car Hood, Episode 2: The Face of the Enemy!” by Alice B. Clagett, 12 June 2019 … https://youtu.be/FqZmtzH2bb4 … COMMENT: I found out from Wikipedia that ‘pack rat’ is another name for the ‘woodrat’.
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