Mothers, Cubs, and Others Interacting - UPDATE August 15, 2023
Bears playing
With more mothers with cubs showing up, it was a great day of watching and listening to bears play, eat, argue as we all learned their vocalizations and body language. Seven-year-old Lucy and her three female cubs were a special hit. Another hit would have been 23-year-old Donna and her three but by the time we all arrived we didn’t see her.
Lucy w/cubs
Lucy w/cubs
Another thing of interest was checking on the eagles’ nest and the two eaglets. Four days ago, we found both eaglets out of the nest, soaking wet. One was in a tree, the other sitting on the rocky lake shore. We found them because both were vocalizing constantly. We hardly hear them vocalize from the nest, so we suspected they were telling their parents where they were and that they were hungry. Today one was back sitting in the nest and the other one nowhere to be seen or heard. Then it came flying in and landed in the nest. As it did, the one in the nest hunkered down, and the one that landed bowed its head, pointing its beak down, which made us think maybe it was saying I mean no harm. We’ll look for more such interactions to see if there is a pattern or if I might be dreaming.
Eaglet
Eaglet
Eaglet bowing
Eaglet bowing
A good day that led to many good discussions.
Thank you for all you do,
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center
