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Chat - Saturday January 7, 2012; Relaxing Weekend
Topic Started: Jan 7 2012, 04:57 AM (923 Views)
Artsy Mom
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Cheryl that leucistic RTH is just gorgeous and s/he still has the red tail :)^

Carole the RTH at WCV is so active, it's hard to believe they may not release it :unsure:

Topa hope your jet lag isn't too bad...your family look so happy in all your Pics :D
They are probably sad you had to leave but at least there is SKYPE :chk:
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Jill - rofl rofl rofl

Cheryl - The leucistic RTH is so pretty, <3 what a rare find.

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- The WCV RTH is a "Wild & Crazy Guy/Gal" It's hard to believe that the elbow is still not quite right and that his white blood cell count is low (being treated with antibiotics) but he is flying so beautifully. I pray :candle: that he is cured and eventually released. :X:


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Wray & 01 spent a long time on the nest this morning, they are so beautiful :wub:

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- lovely photos of Wray and K-01, Carole ...... the background looks so pretty, too

- Jill
:D :)^
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Recycling roadkill, legally:


http://enews.earthlink.net/article/us?guid=20120107/ac12f5c8-68e0-4e7d-89b3-1f0948226ff2
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Deb - cute cartoon! Hope the scout ceremony goes well!

Carole - I love the red tail! She has so much spunk. As active as she is she doesn't act injured
and I think she should be given the chance to be released. She shouldn't be confined

Topa - What a wonderful trip you had! Such sweet grand children

Cheryl - How petty of him. So sad! what an unusual red tail. Beautiful Wray and Superman!

Jill - Thanks! rofl rofl

Penny - Kris - ElaineRuth - KLJinOZ - Hope you had a pleasant day

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Ewwwww...... Have shovel and game license you're good to harvest road kill in Illinois  :wacko:

"The state has offered some safety tips for those taking advantage of the law, including urging salvagers to wear gloves at all times and don protective glasses to avoid fluids splashing into eyes. Immediately washing hands and any fluid-stained clothing wouldn't be a bad idea, either.

Game meat must be cooked to an internal temperature of 160 degrees to kill any bacteria, but partake of roadkill at your own peril."
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Lily the Black Bear - Update January 7, 2012

“We’re online!”


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Lynn installs camera in Jewel's den - Jan 7, 2012

That’s what Sue shouted at almost exactly 5 PM. And the picture in Jewel’s den isn’t that bad for a first try. The low entrance and the high frozen mound in front of the den make it hard to aim higher like we’d like. We don’t know how to eliminate the bright area in the upper right. If we push the camera in past it, we’d reduce how much of Jewel we could see. We could chop away at the frozen mound but we don’t want to make that kind of disturbance.

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Lynn head for the den - Jan 7, 2012

As it was, she was calm. She recognized us, heard our familiar words, and saw our familiar actions. The picture shows her calm look. Once again, we are thankful that the trust we have established with a few bears has opened the door to a research opportunity.


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Jim, Sue, and Ted - Jan 7, 2012

Jewel was calmer than the first time we gave Lily a den cam on January 8, 2010—2 years ago tomorrow. We think Lily showed us the problem. She reacted whenever we touched or moved the camera tube. Did the long, hollow tube make odd sounds—perhaps sounds we couldn’t hear? This year, we filled Lily’s and Jewel’s tubes with bed sheets cut into strips. No more hollow sounds and no reactions from either bear.

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Sue strings cables - Jan 7, 2012

Some of the crew stayed up till after 2:00 AM readying equipment and the install started off smoothly. We were unsure how Jewel would react, but her calm demeanor put us at ease and the install of the den cam and the PTZ camera at the den went well. Thanks to the new cable handling technique, the cables were strung with relative ease. Then our problems began.

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Ted pulling cables - Jan 7, 2012

No heat in the shed. No power from the solar panels. Inadequate cell signal for our whimpy replacement antenna. But thanks to our talented technology team—and a quick (?) trip to the Verizon store Virginia, MN—the issues were resolved one by one. Many thanks to Jim Stroner and Ted Parvu for sticking with it on our end, and Bill Powers of Pixcontroller for his phone support.

Will Jewel have cubs? One of the first things we noticed with the Den Cam was the lack of bedding. Does that mean she won’t have cubs? But like Lily did before she had cubs, Jewel has been out gathering bedding. In the 24 hours before we arrived, she was out shredding a nearby log and raking the wood chips into the den, leaving a trail of them (visible to the left in the picture at top) into the den.

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Jewel in den - Jan 7, 2012Jewel in den - Oct 22, 2011

Does Jewel have her collar on yet? The picture from October 22 plainly showed the collar and ribbons. We couldn’t see anything in the picture from our next visit on December 27 or in the Den Cam image today.

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Jewel chews foot pads - Jan 7, 2012

The first view of her with the Den Cam showed an activity we wrote about back in 1974, She was chewing food pads to remove them. This article tells that story. Shedding Foot Pads

We’re off and learning once again.

Thank you for all you do.

—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center
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SheilaSB
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Welcome home Topa - glad you had a great time with your grandchildren!

Such a sad, sad ordeal this former OM pilot has created - why would he want to damage and ruin such a life saving effort of these wonderful cranes.
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