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| Chat - Thursday, April 21, 2011; Earth Day is Coming! | |
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| Artsy Mom | Apr 21 2011, 04:18 PM Post #31 |
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WHAAAAT????????    Elaine are you all ok...house and property all in one piece? I have never lived through a tornado and cannot imagine how truly terrible that would be 
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| cdn-cdn | Apr 21 2011, 04:35 PM Post #32 |
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| Naturegal | Apr 21 2011, 05:24 PM Post #33 |
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Elaine - Hope you and yours are all okay Cheryl - The photo of you hugging the tree is so special, a real keeper.  Kris - Beautiful photos as usual. Hope your house problems get solved and Ed's health improves.  Penny - Loved the Norfolk slideshow, the triplets are just precious. Topa - More wonderful photos and looking forward to seeing your video tomorrow.  Jill - George and Katie 
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| Deleted User | Apr 21 2011, 05:25 PM Post #34 |
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 Wow! Missed yesterday altogether and it seems with all the car business it gets later and later Deb - I agree we need a Maya, Mia, and a Trinity fix! Jeannec - Lovely Promo for the eagles Cheryl - Maybe Mia misses her siblings and needs a brother or sister with her! Beautiful peregrine egg! Injustice, the fine for the whoopers!Interesting about John Muir. When I lost my son the Mortuary in Colorado had a tree planted for him in Colorado! Bette - Carole - Eagleland keeps growing!  Penny - Such a nice tribute for Jason! Cutie photo of Faith! Jill - So cute photo of George and Katie. They really are friends. That is a wonderful story! Kris - Sounds like an upturn for you with your drivers license. May you find the home that is just right for you and Ed. May your landlord make your shower operational The photos of your area are so beautiful! Topa - So nice you and ojailala ,and Bette could fellowship with the eagles today and get some great photos! ElaineRuth - Prayers for you and your family for your safety and your home!  A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAGEN HOPE IT WAS SPECIAL  |
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| cdn-cdn | Apr 21 2011, 06:27 PM Post #35 |
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Sunny, what a wonderful idea for a tree to be planted in memory of your son. Sounds like there are still some car issues that you are dealing with. I hope it will all be resolved soon so your stress will be over. |
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| Artsy Mom | Apr 21 2011, 06:34 PM Post #36 |
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by Lily the Black Bear on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 4:35pm A beautiful day   biggerLynn taking Lily's heart rate A beautiful day. Blue sky. 50 degrees. Snow melting. And Lily et al. and Jo both spent most of the day scouring a 150 yard radius around their trees for spring tidbits. If yesterday’s scats from Lily were any indication, those tidbits are snow fleas, new green shoots, and old vegetation from last year. They may also be finding pussy willows. In some years, bears would be starting to climb aspen trees for catkins now, but the unseasonably cold temperature is delaying that. This is the time of year when bears are tempted by carcasses that the melting uncovers. These aren’t favorites, but choices are limited. Eagles are looking for those carcasses, too, and are pulling dead fish out of melting ice on the lakes. The migration north is in full swing with bald eagles soaring in low circles over icy lakes and leafless forests. Birds at the feeders now include juncos, siskins, redpolls, tree sparrows, and fox sparrows on their way north.  biggerFaith following big sister Hope Between 2:25 PM and 4:46 PM, while Jo stayed in her area, Lily et al. made a quarter mile move southwest and settled into a new spot. This was their first significant move in over a week. The time with the bears yesterday was interesting as always. They showed their individual personalities, which includes how they judge the safety of their surroundings, including us, moment by moment. The first yellow-bellied sapsuckers of the year were drumming loudly within 50 feet on two sides of the bears, but the bears paid no attention. Lily was calm when Lynn’s behavior was routine and predictable. For example, when Lynn sat beside her on a rock ledge to get her heart rate in exchange for a handful of grapes, she understood. She even let Lynn push her into a sitting position so he could reach her heart better. When her arm was in the way, she moved it. But later, when Lynn was doing gyrations trying to keep from falling on her as he slipped on a patch of snow, she blew in anxiety and later hurried past him instead of walking calmly.  Faith We haven’t tried to get near Faith after she screamed when Lynn tried to touch her last Tuesday. Now that Faith is past the stage where touching is bonding, the only thing we can do is be patient, keep our distance, and be non-threatening presences for the long haul. This is all because we stayed away to watch the PTZ camera when we should have been with her. But we couldn’t have it both ways, so we maximized our first opportunity to watch a family outside their den without anyone around. Faith plays with Hope and Lily and objects and doesn’t show anxiety about us as long as we are 8-10 feet away. She is learning our voices and didn’t even begin to climb the white pine. Video of yesterday's play between Hope and Faith has been uploaded to ‘bearstudy’ videos on YouTube. You are mustering many votes for the International Wolf Center. We roared from 3rd place and 97 votes this morning to second place and 591 votes this afternoon. Voting for Chase is different than we’re used to. Each Facebook account gets only one vote per charity. That means once you vote, you’re done for this phase that ends May 4 in just two weeks. The top 100 charities at that point each get $25,000. Then the 100 winners submit big ideas and start another round of voting for really big money. Voting for that is only a week from May 19-25. The top 25 in that round get $20,000 to $500,000 each. So the main thing for the next two weeks is to stay in the top 100. Here’s how to vote. First, go to this link and click “Like.” Then go to this link and register your vote for the International Wolf Center. In the Readers Digest contest to win money for Ely, you have us solidly in 6th place and catching up to 5th place. To vote 10 times in a row each day, the link is here. This contest runs through May 16. A Lily fan discovered this recent article about the Black Bear Field Courses. You know about Budget Travel Magazine because you won the Budget Travel contest to select the Coolest Small Town in America. As a result, Budget Travel sent Andrea Minarcek to Ely to write this article. Another version of it is here. A Lily fan discovered this little article How to get along with black bears that is pretty good except for one small error—that Lynn formed New Jersey’s BEAR Group, which he didn’t. Thank you for all you do. —Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center |
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| cdn-cdn | Apr 21 2011, 06:46 PM Post #37 |
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| cdn-cdn | Apr 21 2011, 06:57 PM Post #38 |
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Bears eat pussy willows, didn't know that! Thanks for the update, Penny. I think they'll be able to sell many mugs, T-shirts, and other merchandise with the cute photo of Faith on the items. I voted for the Wolf Center. Have a good evening, everybody. I have yoga early tomorrow morning. I have to work hard NOT to talk myself out of it since I'd really rather just sleep, not get up and go somewhere. 
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| Artsy Mom | Apr 21 2011, 07:10 PM Post #39 |
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Very cute and colourful  peeps Cheryl I've never eaten one of those but it looks  Nice tree hugger too.Kris your woodland are beautiful as usual. That knarly old oak must be so ancient...imagine the stories it could tell of days of yore...maybe even Robin and his merry men camped nearby.Carole I missed the whole banding at Norfolk today and only got there when the kids were already back in the nest  I'm hoping there is going to be some video posted too.Did Ozzie go to Asia with Bob? I haven't seen her on here for awhile 
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| bette | Apr 21 2011, 09:16 PM Post #40 |
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Since I finally figured out how to get my photos from Picasa to Photobucket today with Linda/lala's help, I'm bringing my CHIL Chat postings over here for those who may not visit CHIL. Today at Lake Casitas - The beginnings of the play with the ducks    
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| bette | Apr 21 2011, 09:19 PM Post #41 |
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   This round of play is over - back to the trees 
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| bette | Apr 21 2011, 09:20 PM Post #42 |
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This should have been the first picure in the sequence - DUCK!! literally 
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| bette | Apr 21 2011, 09:22 PM Post #43 |
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This picture is taken from our usual eagle viewing area near the eucalyptus tree nest - across the lake to where the pair flew. To the left of the 4 tall junipers are 2 eucalyptus trees - this is where we saw them later when they were playing with the ducks.  |
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| bette | Apr 21 2011, 09:23 PM Post #44 |
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The After Play Down Time       Now I have to work on the clarity. Just shot on auto pilot.
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| bette | Apr 21 2011, 09:26 PM Post #45 |
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My mustard grass shots.  
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