What is Tasha Up To? - UPDATE July 16, 2022
Tasha after digging
This is very vigorous digging! I think Tasha is hoping she can hang on to this den without Holly taking it over. She is showing confidence in that and working away big time to make it like she wants. We’re coming up on the earliest date we’ve seen a wild bear make at den. That was June on July 19 in 2004. It is 12 minutes and 40 seconds caught by "Pooch Pal".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-b1XtR1TWMThe picture is of her dusty and relaxing after a lot of hard work.
It was great to see your response to 15-year-old Lily finally appearing. I felt the same. What a relief! And it might be that she will den there because she has gone to that den before when she was already with cubs. Hope I can get a permit to use a radio collar to find her anywhere, though.
Thank you for all you do,
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center