On this below zero day, a strong north wind blowing snow off the trees kept the deer on alert. Some gusts created zero visibility. Strong gusts sent deer after deer panicking off the scale, leaping and running. 
DeerAs the light was fading, something sent a couple deer running toward the ice-covered lake. At the edge of the steep downward slope, they both leapt high and landed far down the hill out of sight. The deer ran out onto the lake, looking around. Then I got a call that the wolf was in the neighborhood again today. There’s always a mystery.
The deer that is looking over its shoulder gives a look down into its deep fur with long, thick, hollow hairs.
On the backlit deer, the long eyebrow hairs stand out. They are not in the line of sight but are just above it where they would likely alert a deer about any branches that are about to hit an eye.
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| Deer at WRI | ||
At the Bear Center, Lucky and Holly were active at the same time in this 5½-minute color video https://youtu.be/MjMWp3a7-Lc . Their lack of attention to each other reminds me of walking with bears and how the bears went about their business, scarcely looking at whoever was with them. In the video, Holly pounces toward the camera, probably at Vinnie, and then rakes in that area at bit. She glanced at Lucky’s activities briefly just before both settled down and tucked their heads under their chests without so much as touching each other.
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| Mailboxes covered in snow | |
On the way home last night, I snapped pictures of some northwoods mailboxes in winter. They are along Trygg Road where the Wildlife Research Institute is.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center