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Bears and More - UPDATE August 2, 2016
02 August 2016
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After seeing many bears, the Black Bear Field Course participants settled in for a lecture. Halfway through, the phone rang. RC and cubs were spotted. Half the participants went into action to see the cubs again. RCs cub
RC's cub
The faithful who remained said their thirst for knowledge was well rewarded. In defense of the others, they were returnees who had already heard the lecture.
After the lecture, an accident befell a writer for the Washington Post and his daughter when they went canoeing. Actually, it was the second interesting situation surrounding this man. As his daughter told it, ?I learned a lot about nature these three days. I learned that if you leave your father?s laundry out to dry overnight, a bear will sniff it, chew on it, play with it, and dangle it over the side of the deck to the confusion of everyone seeing out the window downstairs. I also learned there is a correct way to pull a canoe to shore. I don?t know what it is, but I know it?s out there. I learned that if you do what I did, the canoe will slowly tip over and you will be forced to watch in excruciatingly slow motion as your father tumbles into the water.? Someone asked him if he was scared seeing the look on his daughter?s face. He said, ?I don?t know about that, but the canoe was upset.? His daughter says she ?Can?t wait to come back!?
A fun group.
Ursula
Ursula
Today, we received a YouTube link to the Wildlife Reunions program that aired a couple days ago in England.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBBwAoTtnvM I?ll treasure this. It brought back good memories. I don?t know how they came up with footage of me with Marlin Perkins back in about 1980. They also came up with very old footage of a very young Jane Goodall for her part of the program. In the bear portion (9 minutes) Ursula was a dear. I?m glad she made it so many years and has raised at least four litters. She disappeared for a couple years without a radio-collar and might have had a fifth litter that we missed. The program tells the story. Ursula is just a nice bear. The group liked her a lot when we saw her yesterday. She is now 11 years old, undoubtedly pregnant, and getting ready for January when she should give birth. She is a good candidate for a Den Cam.
On a more somber note, we got word a couple hours ago that logger Jack Rajala died this morning. He spent much of his life cutting white pines. Gray fox pup
Gray fox pup
He loves these trees like I do. He spent the last 30 years of his life giving back?planting 3.5 million white pine seedlings.
To end the day, four gray fox pups showed up at the WRI today. That?s more than we?ve ever seen at one time since the first one in this area in 2007.
Thank you all for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center
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