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Tasha, Crackle, Bear Food - UPDATE July 13, 2016
14 July 2016
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This video of Tasha reacting to Holly is encouraging
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJhxNqzQMBU. I don?t know what they said to each other through the fence, Samantha's cub
Samantha's cub

but Tasha looked calm afterward as she went about her pen ignoring Holly.
Crackle
Crackle

At the WRI, Crackle and Guy showed up. Samantha and her cubs spent the night at a big white pine nearby. The picture shows one of the cubs at dawn, still in its sleeping position.
On this rainy day of meetings, I saw a picture from yesterday of the big blueberries we have this year with adequate rain. Rain in June totaled 5.06 inches, compared with the 39-year average of 4.12. Blueberries
Blueberries

July seems unusually rainy, but I haven?t seen the numbers yet.
At a community feeding station, 17-year-old RC?s cubs ran up trees when RC?s mother, 29-year-old Shadow, showed up. Ten feet apart, RC told Shadow to get, giving the pulsing upset noise. RC and Shadow
RC and Shadow

Shadow said nothing. She turned her back to RC and began eating. I got the story over the phone moment by moment as it happened and later got the picture of Shadow near the food and RC sitting and waiting her turn.
The LilyPad Picnic starts in 9 days.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center