Along with Levi who began visiting on March 26, Bentley began adding his brightness three days ago. He was a joy as a yearling in 2023, unexplainably absent in 2024, and now is back daily the same as ever.
On the day he first appeared, he was calm with Levi who is in the same lineage from Shadow, RC, and Bow. Bentley is Bow’s 3-year-old son. Levi is Bow’s daughter Daisy’s 4-year-old son. It’s good to see them getting along.
Turkey vulture pair
But what should an 86-year-old man think when half a dozen turkey vultures clad in black gather outside his window looking at him? I coped, clicked a pic of a somber pair, and they eventually all flew off waving ‘false alarm.”
 Woodchuck |
 Deer family eating grass |
Eastern Chipmunk
 Purple finch male |
 Bronzed Grackle |
Brightly clad birds took the stage that they eventually shared with both Levi and Bentley, making it another good day. Other good sights were a tight-knit deer family enjoying the sprouting green grass, a happy chipmunk stuffing his cheeks to add to his cache, and a calm woodchuck who didn’t mind the camera.
Thank you for all YOU do,
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center