At the Bear Center the ambassador bears got their piñata treats in celebration of their half-birthdays with thanks to you for donating $2,070 for more bear food. "Taught caught two videos of Holly and Lucky in action.
Holly: https://www.facebook.com/NorthAmericanBearCenter/videos/3114685978825021
Lucky: https://www.facebook.com/NorthAmericanBearCenter/videos/1664870580647866
The picture is of Tasha and her piñata.
Another event was this 29-minute update by Scott, Sharon, and Spencer of the fencing project and more caught by our friends:
Moe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqXNw0Om8GY and
"Taught": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb8esmhjNHA
Paul yearling maleAt the WRI, yearling Paul let us know he is still in the neighborhood although he is now usually off in the woods like the others these days.
Before that, the day started with the Daily Duckwalk to eat grass, steal bear food from the scale, and look pretty in the sun. I couldn’t tell what they were eating at first because they stick their heads down into the vegetation and don’t chew with their mouths open. But now I know it’s grass, thanks to this pretty male giving me an unusual look inside his mouth. Grass is a common food for mallards.
Then, out another window, I wondered what a chipmunk was doing, coming up with mouthful after mouthful of something until its cheeks were bulging. Then it was obvious. He is under a red maple tree that has been dropping its winged seeds the last couple days. To confirm that, he turned for a lucky picture that shows him gripping the wings of a maple seed at the moment he is putting the seed portion into his open mouth to bite it off. Then he was on his way quickly picking up seed after seed and doing the same. Mystery solved—a mystery that anyone who has a maple tree and squirrels or chipmunks would have known immediately.
 Chipmunk w/red maple seed |
 Mallard eating grass |
Thank you for donating for the half birthday celebration.
And Thank you all for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center