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| Chat - Sunday March 4, 2012; Everyday is an Eagle Day | |
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| jillers | Mar 4 2012, 08:52 PM Post #31 |
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ANDRE RIEU - Clog Dance- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVZi_JLbTYw&feature=email |
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 4 2012, 09:13 PM Post #32 |
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Lily the Black Bear – UPDATE March 4, 2012 Herb, Fern, and Fiddleheads   Jewel and cub - March 4, 2012 Herb will likely become Herbie while he’s little. Herbie and Fern are easy to say and sound good together. But he will outgrow that when he becomes Big Herb, the Ruler or the Illustrious Warrior. Lily Fans Peggy West and Rhonda Hennis discovered those are the old German meanings of his name.  Jewel opens wide - March 4, 2012 Fern is no slouch, either. Nancy Stanz looked up the scientific name for Interrupted Fern—Osmunda claytoniana—and learned: Osmunda, from the Saxon god Osmunder the Waterman, the Saxon equivalent of the Norse god Thor, who hid his family from danger in a clump of these ferns. Nancy said she will think of Fern as the protector, Herb as the ruler, and the two together as a great team.  's  Cub climbing on Jewel................................Jewel and cubs - March 4, 2010 Vicki Besemer, Lucianne Bailey, and Olga Sobko solved the mystery of why bears don’t eat the fiddleheads on Osmunda ferns. They’re bitter and not good for you—probably the same for bears. The raw fiddleheads can result in nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, lethargy, and headache. They learned that the base of the stem and the very young buds are edible, and those are the parts the bears eat for a short time in spring. Two videos tonight. One of Jewel and cubs yesterday is here and one of the 'adventures' of Lily and Faith in recent days is here. Below is a another in the June Walk 2005 series. Thank you for all you do. —Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center Date: August 6, 2005 Duration: 0945 – 1612 hrs Bear: June Observer: S. Mansfield I was scheduled to do 24-hour remote telemetry on June but decided at the last minute to actually walk with her for part of that time. She was in the far reaches of her territory and I hiked a quarter-mile to reach her. Additionally, she was active which meant I had to catch up to her. I met her at 9:45 AM and by 9:56 AM she settled down on a knoll in a moose bed among aspen and maple saplings to nurse her cubs. After nursing June groomed first George then Pete. While June was grooming Pete, George investigated a pile of moose scat nearby. When June settled down to sleep in a second moose bed nearby George joined her. She seemed irritated and moved to another location. Both cubs moved closer to her and they all slept until 10:58 AM. Pete began nursing but June abruptly got up and moved to a nearby round-leaf dogwood patch where they all fed for 19 minutes. This began an active period that lasted until 1:46 PM. Of note: *The dogwood feeding was on a slope in a thick brushy area. At one point I needed to step very near George as he was feeding. I spoke calmly to him as I passed and he stopped to watch me but did not move. *June appeared to be checking out the seeds of red maple – at one point climbing part way up a small tree and breaking it down to check the seeds. *June spent considerable time in an area where there was a hunting stand and what appeared to be an old bait site. She walked around with her nose in the air sniffing intently. She even climbed part way up a couple trees to sniff the air. I thought sure she was going to lead me to something – but she finally just loped off through the bushes. *June spent time along a road feeding on raspberries. She crossed the road to the shore of the lake and went for a brief swim. June and her cubs headed for an alder swamp down slope from the road where they rested and slept until 2:40 PM. At the beginning of this rest period Pete nursed for 1 minute but there was no milky residue around June’s nipples when he finished so I do not believe he obtained milk. When June awoke she nursed both cubs for 6 minutes. The family remained active until I ended my walk with them at 4:12 PM due to a sore ankle. Of note: *June returned to the lake and seemed to be eating something in the water – I am unsure what it was. |
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