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| Chat - Thursday May 5, 2011; Happy Cinco De Mayo | |
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| Artsy Mom | May 5 2011, 08:58 AM Post #16 |
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A slideshow of Buddy Highlights from 2010   Image by Holly A Buddy History in Photos |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | May 5 2011, 11:04 AM Post #17 |
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What a beautiful shot of Buddy. |
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| Harpo516 | May 5 2011, 12:09 PM Post #18 |
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I  buddy and so glad he has this chance! great story about the seal dog that Topa posted - wow who knew! |
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| cdn-cdn | May 5 2011, 12:40 PM Post #19 |
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Way to go for the K-9 who helped with the Osama take-down. I hadn't seen anything on the news about that aspect. Thanks for sharing that with us, Topa. Good to hear from you, Carole. You have Maya so well trained to be friendly to people that you trust. I have been thinking of you and your family and was wondering if you had to do a lot of cooking or not. What a thoughtful gesture to share some of the goodies with the Veterans and nurses. Sad news about the eaglets in the nests that were destroyed in the storms. Penny, you always keep us so up-to-date on the nature news around the continent. I could never find all of that information on my own every day. Allison is making supper for us once again. She and Ian have been playing with the dogs which is a big help because Robert and I are exhausted. Got some more gardening done, a bit at a time so as not to overdo and get too sore to accomplish anything. Deb, I agree about not washing the eagle bone clone egg. That's so funny .... I think Gary knew exactly what your reply was going to be. 
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| cdn-cdn | May 5 2011, 12:42 PM Post #20 |
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| cdn-cdn | May 5 2011, 01:53 PM Post #21 |
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Whooper Update: Date: May 4, 2011 Reporter: Liz Condie Subject: ABOUT NESTS AND EGGS Location: Main Office The total number of pairs that have nested so far this season is a 'whooping' 24. Five of those nests belong to very young birds and understandably as a result, no eggs have been produced. Twelve of the 19 remaining nests were still active as of Tuesday afternoon, which, if you do the math, means that there has been 7 nests that have failed or been abandoned. So far, 8 eggs have been collected from failed/abandoned nests and transferred to ICF for incubation. Four of the 8 eggs were shipped to Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland yesterday. These include: - 2 eggs from the failed nest of 5-05 & 15-04* - 1 egg from the failed nest of 12-02 & 16-07* - 1 egg from the failed nest of 3-04 and 3-09* (which was already pipping) It is possible that the 4 other eggs will also be shipped to Patuxent on Thursday. They would include: - 2 eggs from the failed nest of 24-05 & D42-07* - 1 egg from the failed nest of 31-08 & D27-05* (sibling pair) - a second egg from the failed nest of 3-04 and 9-03* 31-08 & D27-05* were no longer nesting by April 21. 12-05 & 22-07* and 16-02 & 16-07* abandoned on April 23 and 24 respectively. Interestingly, the other four abandonments occurred April 29/30 coinciding with a 20 degree jump in temperature that could possibly have prompted a black fly bloom. No doubt we'll learn potential causes in due time. |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | May 5 2011, 02:50 PM Post #22 |
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I always love your NAC posts CDN. I was torn with what do for mine tomorrow, there is so much to choose from, so many directions I could go in. NOW we have a video of a swimming bald eagle. I cannot get over that video. I shared it with FB friends. A "Whooping 24" number of nesting whoopers.  CDN, The DOGS? Did I miss something. |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | May 5 2011, 03:12 PM Post #23 |
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Kris, I've been following too, Bad News for Wolves. |
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| Harpo516 | May 5 2011, 04:26 PM Post #24 |
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 Tower 1 today - from up the street love finally seeing the glass going up  over on the East River at the Heliport the President's Helicopters.....  a little bit closer before the made ES keep walking 
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| Artsy Mom | May 5 2011, 05:31 PM Post #25 |
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Lily the Black Bear - Update May 5, 2011 – 5:40 PM CDT Small but tenacious  Faith and Hope - April 29, 2011 After resting yesterday, Lily led her family another three quarters of a mile last evening between 7:41 and 9:51 PM. She took them to one white pine and then another where she had safely spent time last spring with Hope. The fact that little Faith made it 2 ¼ miles the evening before shows that Lily is not running off without her and that little Faith is hanging in there. Other small cubs have hung in there, although we don’t know of any as small as Faith. We remember little Mickey who weighed 7 ½ pounds on May 19, 2007. He was the runt of Braveheart’s litter, competing for milk against Chip and Dale who weighed 12 and 14 pounds. Mickey survived and became one of the ‘Three Amigos’ in the ‘Bearwalker of the Northwoods’ documentary. A male that weighed 4 ½ pounds as a cub on March 26, 1980, weighed 28 pounds as a yearling on March 17, 1981, and 38 pounds as a 2-year-old on April 6, 1982. A female weighed 31 pounds as a 2-year old on June 17, 1982, and only 24 pounds as a 3-year-old on April 21, 1983. We didn’t see her after August that year and thought the worst, but she popped up a couple years later as a 112-pound 5-year-old on August 2, 1985.   June calling to her cubs - May 4, 2011 Black bears have shown that they can grow slowly and hang on where food is scarce, or they can grow very rapidly where food is abundant. In fall, cubs can weigh as little as 15 pounds or as much as 162. Near the northern edge of their range, some bears don’t produce their first cubs until they reach 11 years old. In the best habitat, most have their first cubs at 3 and very rarely at 2 years of age. June and her two cubs spent another day in her small area maybe 60 yards in diameter. Juliet and her yearlings have remained in an area 0.8 miles in diameter after their big 7-mile move over a week ago.  June - May 4, 2011 We can’t tell you enough what a big difference your fresh hazelnuts from NutsOnline have made in adjusting collars, changing batteries, and all. The bears would never hold still for us unless they are occupied, and stale nuts or other kinds of nuts do not occupy them like a handful of the nuts you are sending. Thank you for that. Along that line, you sent a surprise for the Bear Center staff that was a hit—wonderful trail mix. This is good in the office and when we are tracking down bears in the woods. Thank you for that. We have received some nice emails thanking the mods for their long volunteer hours making the Facebook page and the pond cam chat pleasant places to be. Without the mods, there would be no Facebook page or chat. Thank you for that. Perhaps related, a group formed up to learn how we and the various teams can do better. This new team is developing an online anonymous questionnaire for ya’all to provide us with feedback. We very much welcome the input so we can know what is helpful, what to keep doing, and what to change. Our goal is to learn all we can about bears and share it in the most effective way. A Lily fan spotted an article about another Lily fan and sent the link . It mentions Trish Kirk and heightens awareness of the Education Outreach Program. International Wolf Center leaders stopped by today to personally extend their thanks to Lily fans. They were excited that this morning the Wolf Center was listed by Chase Community Giving as a $25,000 winner thanks in large part to you. The Executive Director of the Wolf Center said by telephone that she is thinking of ways to help the North American Bear Center in return. We said they have already helped in many ways. It’s called being neighborly and helping your friends. We and the Wolf Center founders go back over 40 years. This year, the two organizations sought a joint grant for advertising, spent the money on a joint ad on Explore Minnesota, and now are talking about a joint billboard. Next year, the Wolf Center will help the Bear Center with Chase. We wanted to make a thank you effort for the Wolf Center, and now they are thinking of ways for “What goes around comes around” in a good way. In the Readers Digest contest to win money for Ely, you have Ely strongly in 6th place with over 650,000 votes, 220,000 votes ahead of 7th place. The link to vote 10 times in a row each day through May 16 is here . Dana Coleman’s first grade class petition to make the black bear Minnesota’s state mammal has over 1800 votes and the associated bill, House File 1657, had its first reading yesterday and has been referred to the House Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance. . Thank you for all you are doing. —Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center |
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| Deleted User | May 5 2011, 06:18 PM Post #26 |
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 SCLady - Good that your DH felt well enough to sail!  Deb - the towers is getting awesome! Your ES can feel proud he had such a part in it! Hope you can take a deep breath at the end of your day! Even though I wasn't around when Cruz was hatched I hope I can see him with a mate! Cheryl - Nice promo!. I know they all take a lot of work. Not something I can do! Carole - May you and your family have the strength you need to get through this time of mourning So good people are bringing food so you don't have to cook!Glad Maya is such good company! Penny - So sad for the destroyed eagles nests and chicks! Hope Decorah stays safe Cheryl - such good news about the whoopers Topa - The swimming eagle is so amazing! Unbelievable! Bette - Hop your day went well! |
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| KLJinOz | May 5 2011, 06:41 PM Post #27 |
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G'day peeps, having difficulty getting back into reality, a lot of work to catch up on and so much I dont know where to start! Very sad about the Virginia BEs... Thanks for sharing the Tower photos Deb, great! Hi Cheryl! dont overdo the gardening.... its our autumn here, today started at 12C and went up to 18C, after Vietnam of 30+ hard to get used to! 24 EGGS!!!!! Sounds like you had a nice NY visit Carole! Will try to catch up over the weekend. |
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