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Chat - Wednesday May 9, 2012; Ya musta been a beautiful baby... eagle!
Topic Started: May 9 2012, 03:35 AM (513 Views)
Naturegal
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Topa - Avery is really a "Sleeping Beauty", she is so precious. <3

Cheryl - What super news about the whooper twins, they are so cute. The photo reminds me of the Sandhill chicks. ^"^ ^"^

My back is still bothering me but having x-rays tomorrow so will know more next week.

Unexpectedly, we are going to Montreal on Friday to spend Mother's Day with my Mom. My children planned a dinner which I had to cancel and they all understood that one never knows how many more special occasions I'll have to celebrate with my Mom at 100 years old. We will return home on Monday.
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Posted Image :Hugs: KRIS :Hugs:
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Carole, thanks for the big hug; it's much appreciated! Have a safe trip, with hopes that your back doesn't trouble you too much. :X: Blessings to your dear Mother and for a safe trip for you and Alan.

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Carole, Arthur changed his body and his life. What a determined person.
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May 9 2012, 01:19 PM
Carole, Arthur changed his body and his life. What a determined person.
You are so right. I love videos like this because they give hope to people that have lost hope. As Arthur said, I won't give up. :)^
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<::: <::: <::: Posted over in the NAC thread by Dr. Sharpe :><: >O< :88: :**:

"I just finished going through the donations made since I left on April 27th. The total has now grown to $12,914 contributed by 57 people. Keep it up! We only need to raise about $7000 in the next 3 weeks to reach our goal. "
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:><: :><: ^(")^ ^(")^ >O< >O<
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:**: :**: :><: :><: >O< >O<
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The above "baby" picture is of K-26 and K-27 being fostered into the West End nest
as little chicks in 2002. In the nest lie two fake eggs which the eagles had been incubating.



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The above "baby" picture is of a young Wray with Senior Biologist, Rick Davies,
in Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada, right after she was taken from her nest,
lowered down the tree in a tote bag, removed from the bag, hooded
and lovingly packed out of the bush. Picture by Dave Garcelon, June 21, 1986.


Thank you to Cumbrian/Pat for her collection of photos on her Picasa site for this one any many others!


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Thank you Topa and Cheryl!!

Kris - I hope you feel better. I have no desire to go google those topics - just seeing your keywords made me cry...

Carole - gotta go watch that video - sounds very good. WE #3 has been my inspiration of late! <3


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G'day Peeps (or rather evening!).

Jeanne, what a fun day with the NAC posting, you made it into a game in addition to making my brain try to work.l  :lol:

Good news on the NAC contributions too!

Lovely Avery! Like the brolle too Cathy!

Yesterday's Race Sailing was .... boring but beautiful. The temp got up to mid 70s but there was not much wind. We ended up DNF 2 minutes outside completion time. It was the first time we didnt get off the boat and back to the clubhouse before sunset. When I got back to Bob's car, it had bird poo ALL OVER IT. I had parked under a roosting tree! Washed off this morning by me, by hand.  :wacko:

:Hugs: Kris. I too will pass on googling bad news... and adding my thoughts for a wing-up for you and Ed

:><: Whooping Cranes Cheryl

Have a nice trip to see your Mother Carole. Rachel bowled up yesterday, 'so what are you doing this weekend?' She forgot all about Mother's Day lunch on Sunday! :blink: :<::  :lol:
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Lily the Black Bear – UPDATE May 9, 2012

Lily, Faith, Jewel, etc.


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Faith on her own - May 9, 2012

While Lily roams, Juliet and Jewel both center their activities around large white pines. Today, we found Juliet less than 40 yards from the big white pine she was using yesterday. Jewel hasn’t been able to get her cubs to cross the paved road. Today, she left them at the white pine they have been at since yesterday and crossed the road alone. She foraged up to 0.34 miles away from them for over 3 hours before returning to her cubs. As a first time mom, she has trouble getting her cubs to follow.

Another video of Jewel and cubs from April 28 is posted on YouTube.

We’ve been gathering data on the break-up of mothers and yearlings since 2000 when Shadow broke up her litter that contained (then yearling) RC. This year we have an opportunity to add substantially to that data set.

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Jewel and cubs up white pine - May 8, 2012

Within hours after Lily’s family break-up on Monday sometime around midday, Lynn and a BBC camera crew checked on Faith. As expected, she had to take responsibility for her safety and was keenly interested in every little unidentified sound. It’s the kind of caution that drives some yearlings to spend windy days taking refuge in the tops of trees. Wind makes the forest sound like a rustling, dangerous place. Faith put safety ahead of food, spending minutes at a time on alert or walking to places where she could see better through the forest vegetation.

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Faith runs away when we try to follow - May 9, 2012

Lynn wanted to verify that she was okay. Mother bears can look ferocious going after yearlings and letting them know they are no longer welcome to hang out. We know of two yearlings that were bitten, including Lily as a yearling. How was Faith? Approaching yearlings newly on their own can be hard. They seem to have no confidence. We were lucky to find her on a rock ridge where she could evaluate us from a distance as we walked obliquely to her to avoid seeming too aggressive. She eventually believed “It’s me, bear” and came to Lynn as the BBC filmed. Lynn was able to examine her all over. There were no wounds and no areas that made her wince. She was okay.

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Juliet's cubs playing - May 9, 2012

We located Faith’s radio-signal today, but it took over an hour and 20 minutes of calling “It’s me, bear” for her to cautiously approach. She relaxed as she ate the handful of nuts we brought, but ran as soon as we tried to follow her. We’ve never been able to walk with yearlings—and Faith is no exception.

Elsewhere, Braveheart is showing signs of estrus even though she is still with at least one yearling, which is all we could see in a big white pine nearby. Braveheart was still behaving in a motherly way, grunting to however many of her three yearlings were up in the tree. We’ll want to check on Braveheart tomorrow, if possible.

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Juliet's cub Sybil - May 9, 2012

June may be in the midst of family breakup. She has only one of her yearlings with her—female Aster. June blew and chased Aster, but shortly afterwards let her nurse. Conflicting drives.

On another topic, a volunteer is needed to coordinate the building of a Canine ‘Rest’ Area in a corner of the Bear Center parking lot. We need a small fenced area where dogs can relieve themselves. We hope to have it in place before the summer crowds start arriving. This kind of accommodation was repeatedly mentioned in the survey (thank you). If you can help, please fill out a volunteer application here. Also check out other important tasks under "On-site Outdoor Assistants" on the same Web page.

Thank you for all you do.

—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center
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Great job on your NAC presentation Jeanne :><: :><: :><:

They were really very informative and very entertaining :)^

I'd really enjoy some more of those too :D

Cheryl great news about the wild hatched whooper chicks. Don't they remind you of the sandhill nest in Florida :P The gypsy caravan image is so magical. I like the red fox curled up on the cushion beside her.

Carole hope your back will be fine and you'll get to enjoy a lovely Mother's Day with your Mom :X:

Kris I'm not going to those stories either :( Sometimes it's just better not to know :huh:

YAY for the NAC donors...only 57?
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