Nutria LbNA #164 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Mar 8, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Oregon City |
| County: | Clackamas |
| State: | Oregon |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | beccadaisy |
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| Last found: | Jul 17, 2005 |
| Status: | FFFFFFa |
| Last edited: | Mar 8, 2003 |
Last reported found 9/04
Directions: from 205, take #10 exit Park Place/Mollala (coming from the north, follow the road as it curves around over the freeway; merge into the right hand lane; coming from the south, turn right onto 213, and stay in that
lane). Turn right at the light onto Washington. Chandler Pond is just past the Metro Waste Treatment plant on your right, but its parking area is usually blocked, so instead turn left at the first light and park in the Home Depot lot. Take the crosswalk across Washington. Look for the wooden
Chandler Pond sign beyond the big wooden South Metro sign.
“Chandler Pond at Abernathy Green” is kind of a pretentious name for such an itsy little park. A birder first told me about this place—depending on the time of year, this can be a nice birding spot. But the creature I’ve seen here more often than any other is a nutria…or two…or three. (What’s a
nutria? A furry mammal that looks kinda like a big muskrat…but you’re going to have to know a lot more about nutrias to find this letterbox!)
Start by deciding which direction to go on the trail:
If nutrias are native to Oregon, go right on the trail; if they are not native, go left.
Go to the first bench you come to, and decide where to go next: If nutrias can swim, keep going; continue past the next bench and on to the one beyond it. If nutrias can’t swim, go to the very next bench.
Nutrias are larger than muskrats, which is one way to tell them apart. Another way is by their tails. If a nutria’s long tail is flattened vertically, go to the bridge. If a nutria’s long tail is round like a rat’s tail, go to the nxt bench.
Some biologists prefer to use the name “coypu” rather than “nutria.” If this is to avoid confusion because “nutria” is Spanish for otter, go to the next bench. If it is to avoid confusion because some people incorrectly
pronounce the word “nut-tree-ya” instead of the correct “noo-tree-ya,” go past the next bench, and on to the one beyond it.
If nutrias are taking over muskrat territory in the Willamette Valley, stay at this bench. If they co-exist peacefully with muskrats, go to the next bench.
From here, take 14 to 16 steps due west, and look for the letterbox hidden at a wooden corner.
Notes:
* Picnic tables are not considered benches.
* If these clues stump you, one place to find the answers is in the swell book “Brittle Stars & Mudbugs: An Uncommon Field Guide to Northwest Shorelines & Wetlands” by Patricia K. Lichen. ;-)
After you bag the nutria, head on down the road a short distance to the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center to find the Oregon Trail LB, placed by Lottabit & Lillbit. (The first LB I ever found!)
Directions: from 205, take #10 exit Park Place/Mollala (coming from the north, follow the road as it curves around over the freeway; merge into the right hand lane; coming from the south, turn right onto 213, and stay in that
lane). Turn right at the light onto Washington. Chandler Pond is just past the Metro Waste Treatment plant on your right, but its parking area is usually blocked, so instead turn left at the first light and park in the Home Depot lot. Take the crosswalk across Washington. Look for the wooden
Chandler Pond sign beyond the big wooden South Metro sign.
“Chandler Pond at Abernathy Green” is kind of a pretentious name for such an itsy little park. A birder first told me about this place—depending on the time of year, this can be a nice birding spot. But the creature I’ve seen here more often than any other is a nutria…or two…or three. (What’s a
nutria? A furry mammal that looks kinda like a big muskrat…but you’re going to have to know a lot more about nutrias to find this letterbox!)
Start by deciding which direction to go on the trail:
If nutrias are native to Oregon, go right on the trail; if they are not native, go left.
Go to the first bench you come to, and decide where to go next: If nutrias can swim, keep going; continue past the next bench and on to the one beyond it. If nutrias can’t swim, go to the very next bench.
Nutrias are larger than muskrats, which is one way to tell them apart. Another way is by their tails. If a nutria’s long tail is flattened vertically, go to the bridge. If a nutria’s long tail is round like a rat’s tail, go to the nxt bench.
Some biologists prefer to use the name “coypu” rather than “nutria.” If this is to avoid confusion because “nutria” is Spanish for otter, go to the next bench. If it is to avoid confusion because some people incorrectly
pronounce the word “nut-tree-ya” instead of the correct “noo-tree-ya,” go past the next bench, and on to the one beyond it.
If nutrias are taking over muskrat territory in the Willamette Valley, stay at this bench. If they co-exist peacefully with muskrats, go to the next bench.
From here, take 14 to 16 steps due west, and look for the letterbox hidden at a wooden corner.
Notes:
* Picnic tables are not considered benches.
* If these clues stump you, one place to find the answers is in the swell book “Brittle Stars & Mudbugs: An Uncommon Field Guide to Northwest Shorelines & Wetlands” by Patricia K. Lichen. ;-)
After you bag the nutria, head on down the road a short distance to the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center to find the Oregon Trail LB, placed by Lottabit & Lillbit. (The first LB I ever found!)