Shadow on 7/27/15Holly is not afraid to get wild. Lucky (387.5 pounds on April 16) weighs over twice as much as Holly (177 pounds on April 15) but she initiates wild play without hesitation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P0Qf9DxINA&feature=youtu.be
A Lily Fan said my Alaska talks are on Monday, June 13, which I had always thought, too. But the schedule from the conference said it was on Monday, June 12, so I made sure I put that date in the update last night. Who was right? The Lily Fan, of course. The talks are Monday afternoon, June 13.
Lucky and Holly playA Lily Fan asked if there were any 2016 calendars left with the 41 pictures of Honey and her story. I checked. With the year partly gone, I see they are marked down to $9.95 at http://www.bear.org/website/gift-shop-pages/product/12037-2016-north-american-bear-center-calendar.html
There is excitement in the community with 29-year-old Shadow and little Spanky back again. I dearly hope Shadow can make it through another hunting season to see whether she reproduces at 30 years of age. I don’t know of any black bear doing that—certainly not in the wild. Her face is very gray with age.
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| Red-winged blackbird | Chipping sparrow | White-throated sparrow |
Two more birds showed up this year, back from migration—a red-winged blackbird that isn’t fully unveiling its red patch yet, and a chipping sparrow with its rufous crown. The yellow on the white-throated sparrow glowed so brightly that I had to click that one through the window, too.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center