Naming the Cub - UPDATE November 3, 2015
Beaver Lodge
Beaver Lodge - 11/2/15

Lily Fans came up with lots of F-names, even FR-names, but seem to have settled on all three being FRAN-names. Could be confusing, so we?ll have to be careful. The two males will likely disperse at some point leaving us just with Frannie. If we use two syllables for each name, we?ll be alright?Frankie, Francis, and Frannie. At least it will be easy to remember that they were all siblings.
A Lily Fan saw my confusion and is updating the Family Tree to the present and also making a list in excel that is easy to see all the names in alphabetical order to make it easy to remember bears we don?t hear of much. Lily Fans put together a lot of nice F-names to pick from in the future. Lily Fans seemed to come together around the patron saint of animals whose Fran-name fit right in for this litter?St. Francis of Assisi.
Tomorrow is ?Live at the NABC? at 1 PM with Scott Edgett, Judy Thon, and a special guest they will announce.
http://www.bear.org/website/live-cameras/live-cameras/ptz-pond-cam-live.htmlLily Fans noticed Holly busy doing a half hour of house-keeping around noon today. I hope her spurts of energy don?t get her kicked out by Lucky who is more sleepy. Plans are to get a Den Cam in there soon.
Beaver seen on trail cam
Beaver seen on trail cam - couple weeks ago

Honey has not picked a den yet. We?re still waiting for her to decide?likely the Window Den or the Haven. She?s been seen almost daily on the nice new PTZ Cam. Feedback from the Mods is that it has a faster response time and is more fun to run. They like the vibrant colors and the sharpness, too.
Ted is in the Chalet looking a bit lethargic.
Yesterday, Donna and I checked a beaver lodge. They have it all mudded up for winter but not much of a food cache yet. Maybe they have more work to do. Not sure how many beavers are using it. We caught one on a trail cam a couple weeks ago and saw 2 a couple months ago. If it?s a male and female, they give birth in late April or May. Just thinking.
GiveMN is in 9 days.
https://givemn.org/organization/bearsThank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center