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| Chat - Friday, March 2, 2012; TGIF | |
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| cdn-cdn | Mar 2 2012, 06:46 PM Post #31 |
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 So happy for you, Rachel and John, and Cathy and Barry, too. |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Mar 2 2012, 06:46 PM Post #32 |
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We took a nice walk on Bates beach to the Carpenteria Seal Sanctuary all the while enjoying the views of Santa Cruz and Anacapa Island in the horizon . Santa Cruz Island        Anacapa Island  This is a video  |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Mar 2 2012, 06:49 PM Post #33 |
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Thank you so much everyone. It's hard to believe I'll have a little one only 40 minutes away, by car.  
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| cdn-cdn | Mar 2 2012, 06:49 PM Post #34 |
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 Welcome to the world, little Leap Day baby Jackson. You will be 'forever young' !
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| cdn-cdn | Mar 2 2012, 06:54 PM Post #35 |
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Topa, Baila and Shmuel look just like Pooh and Piglet walking through the woods, so sweet. Cool beach photos of the landscape and the seal sanctuary.   Penny, I loved the polar bear cub photos.  for a Norfolk egg. Thanks for keeping us up-to-date.
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 2 2012, 07:36 PM Post #36 |
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Lily the Black Bear – UPDATE March 2, 2012 Lively Nature Trail  Snowshoe hare One of the projects in progress at the Bear Center is developing the Nature Trails. From roughing out the initial trail, to building steps in steep areas and boardwalks over damp areas, the trails have been built almost entirely by volunteers. The work continues as we enhance and expand the trail system. Volunteers are turning the Nature Trail system into a major educational opportunity for visiting busloads of students. This winter, trail cams were installed along the Nature Trail to see what animals frequent the area. Today, a check of one trail cam revealed a flock of pine siskins, a raven, a blue jay, a pine marten, a snowshoe hare, a red squirrel, and an animal that had not been seen there before—the nocturnal flying squirrel.  's  Pine siskins..........................................Pine marten Other animals recorded on the Bear Center property over the years include bears, wolves, coyotes, moose, deer, and more. One of the two bears was a bear walking down the sidewalk in front of the building after hours. The other was Dot passing through on a jaunt outside her territory. She wasn’t actually seen, but we watched our computers in disbelief as her GPS locations moved east through the Bear Center property, hovered near the Ely water tower at the very edge of town, and then returned west.  's  Red Squirrel ........................................Raven The “Grizzly bear charges at Alaskan tourists” video has been making the rounds. Whoever posted this video needs some education. Most Lily Fans can look at the video and interpret it without getting lost in fear and misinterpretation. The bear is fishing in a stream that Lynn knows well (Geographic Harbor in Katmai National Park) from guiding many groups there to watch the bears close-up like this group is doing. In Lynn’s 10 years of guiding such tours he never felt any of the bears were a threat. The bear in the video is peacefully fishing when another bear around the corner or in the brush startles it. The bear runs for safety, which happened to be toward the group. There is excitement but no danger. The bear pays little attention to the people. The bear keeps looking back to see if the other bear is coming. It then goes about its business.  's  Flying Squirrel ......................................Blue Jay But someone with a video camera decides to hype it up with a post that the bear is charging the group, suggesting great danger. That happens so often at the expense of the bears, and the media is quick to jump on these things as something to promote. Fear sells. People believe it, and bears pay the price. So unfair. Showing reality is what we’re about, and whoever posted that video under the guise of a bear charging people could use a dose of reality. Lily Fans know the reality of bears, having learned directly from the bears themselves, and many of you are sharing the good word.  Jewel's cubs - March 2, 2012 A video of yesterday's highlights of Jewel and cubs is posted on YouTube. Thank you for all you do. —Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center |
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| ElaineRuth | Mar 2 2012, 07:39 PM Post #37 |
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Cathy, I am sooooo happy for all of you and can't wait for your wonderful photos! |
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 2 2012, 07:47 PM Post #38 |
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Awww...he's a real doll ER. I liked the part about the 'puppy hugs' and the real Hamish  "Many people don't realize that it takes $60,000 to train one guide dog from puppy to person and they provide these beautiful pooches to the visually impaired for free"
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 2 2012, 07:54 PM Post #39 |
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 for A27  She just laid her first egg at approx 6:41PM on SC  
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| Deleted User | Mar 2 2012, 07:58 PM Post #40 |
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A GOOD EVENING TO YOU TOO LATE TO POST SO WISH YOU ALL A PLEASANT SLEEP 
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Mar 2 2012, 08:09 PM Post #41 |
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| jillers | Mar 2 2012, 08:14 PM Post #42 |
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Thank you to Chiquita & Katie (I'm pretty sure it was you two) for your suggestion for my kid's quilt. Here is a picture of it after I did what you suggested & before it heads to the machine quilter- After it gets back from the quilter & I put the binding on it, it will look much better too! 
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 2 2012, 08:59 PM Post #43 |
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Topa the beach video was interesting seeing the birds hanging out with the seals...babies look so new  Jill your quilt is going to be a big smile-maker for some lucky kid The additions inside the orange squares were a good choice
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| jillers | Mar 2 2012, 09:03 PM Post #44 |
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Thanks Penny! It's a privilege to make one to hopefully remind a foster child of what a wonderful time they had at a week of camp!
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