# @theoregonian on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C23Roa4BfD-
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10900353-theoregonian-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-02-02T23:35:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

While we may not have Punxsutawney Phil in Portland, we have our own large rodent who predicts the weather: “Stumptown Filbert,” Fil for short.

And Fil, who started forecasting the arrival of spring in 2020, isn’t a groundhog but a more location-appropriate beaver.

“Last year, Filbert predicted six more weeks of winter, and later that month we had a huge snowstorm,” Christina Parr, a keeper in the zoo’s North America section, said in a press release. “He may not be a professional furcaster but he’s right about half the time!”

On Friday, a sunny and warm day in Portland, Fil reached for the scroll that said “early spring.”

Video courtesy of the @OregonZoo

#portland #GroundhogDay #BeaverState #EarlySpring

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