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[calhound]

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[ra]

Hi Jewelies!  Brrr!  Cold here this morning, but sun is out.

cal... Last night I couldn't get my pm's either.  I was on like page 7, but when I went back to page 5, there the  new one was.  Don't know what's up with that.  Hope your email at least comes back.  Especially if it's for business, too. 

JP... Had to laugh at you being chubby!  lol

Hi dlong!  Glad you're having a nice time with the kids!  When you get done with setting up your new Kindle, I will send mine to you and you can set it up, too!   

Hope everyone has a nice day!  Hi to all!

[Nora in IA]

Cal, I wonder if it's a neighbor's dog or one that someone lost?  Is it really skinny?

[calhound]

hi nora! well it was not fat need to look better. i just drove down to the mail box again. not seen corey dog today. hope he is okay. got his food in old smokey. jim busy sitting on his butt watching tv and eating all day so guess he is not planning on asking nick. oh babe up again

[jpalmken]

cal, darling, on my computer Cheers and Beak have "Re:".  I copied this from the Cheers and Beak Room threads.

[ra]

Hi Jewelies!  Got some yard work done today, but it was kinda chilly.  That's ok though, as long as the sun was out.

cal... Pete's Pond has an Re: in front of it, too.  Not very many...  Awww... JP called you darling.  Cute!  Did you try clicking on a previous page in your PMs to see if that works for you?  I had to go back two pages to see the newest pm last night...  Hate that you've had a crummy day.  Computer issues do that to a person...

[calhound]

hi ra! i didnt see petes pond okay guess the re doesnt mean anything. i am getting my pm okay now. just need that fixed where i started jewel here and i will be okay..if mrs falcon aka Amy cant fix it i am going to start a new topic next week. still us bears but call it something else. i worked too hard on this thread for these years..did you get your cookies all ready? babe finally went to sleep here. took an half hour..she is resting really good.

[ra]

HI cal!  I just put my cookies in containers in my back bedroom... didn't want to look at them today!  lol  Have you thought about what you would call your new topic?

[calhound]

hi ra! lol you didnt want to look at them! maybe handsome would like to look at them.. i was thinking of calling it jewel and the black bears in ely mn..something like that. then it will also be new so mrs falcon aka amy wont have to trim it for a long time. updates will be there a d puzzle and us jewelies! see that this ipad skipped the n in and puzzle..

[Nora in IA]

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https://www.shopko.com/product/Mountain-Eagle-Sherpa-Throw/111252.uts

[neva]

Cal said ...

" so i told mrs falcon aka amy and then i sent her another one saying i started jewel and her cubs..i am proud that i started it so would like to see calhound back up there and i am sure neva feels the same. i don't know what is going with all the stuff here jewels but hoping mrs. falcon aka amy gets it fixed."

Neva says ...  I agree wholeheartedly ... 

I've been fighting to get in here for several days ... well, at least 2 or 3.  I was not recognized as a member ... it was weird.  It said there was an error, and that it was off limits to me??  Tonight, I had a hard time even finding the Jewel thread at all, and when I finally found it, I was rather shocked to read that I started the Jewel Room --- ??!  what?!

No, I did not.  I have no idea how my name ended up there, but I had nothing to do with that.  I think it just ended up that way because of the way the thread was trimmed down; an accident.

Usually, I am somewhere off to the side of the room, over here ... reading, and enjoying your company.  Last few days, I've not even been in here.  Now and then, chaos wins.   

[neva]

... and look... now I am down to 2 posts.

[jpalmken]

Jewel with Micah, Nate and Scott.



I will just put in the greeting as I am not feeling too good this morning.

I  will say, however, that I think everyone should calm down and let Amy work to straighten things out.  I know there are a few problems from time to time, as far as getting into the thread is concerned, but would changing to a new thread make any difference.  For all we know getting into  other threads may be just as troublesome from time to time.  I know I have had some troubles getting into the Decorah 2015 thread.  I think we are over excited.  For instance I do not see that the commotion about the "Re" is of any importance.  In my experience we should all step back and wait a little bit before crashing off in a new direction.

I do wish you all a gentle Sunday.

[calhound]

Calendar, Grad Student, Nature Notes - UPDATE December 19, 2015

Ravens on dumpster
Ravens on dumpster
We got an encouraging note about the 2016 calendar today. ?My 2016 calendar arrived today! Jim Stroner's photography is absolutely stunning and captures the beauty and personalities of the dear ambassador bears perfectly. Thank you for the joy, inspiration and education everyone (and the bears, of course!) bring into my life every single day. What a gift! Thank you!? I say thank you back. We like the calendar, too.

Sean with drone
Sean with drone
Our Master?s Student, Sean Robison, from California State University Northridge took a break from his GPS data analysis today to get more pictures from his drone in the sunshine today. The picture of him with his drone is from a couple days ago. The aerial pictures are from today. We were surprised that the open water on Chickadee
Chickadee
Eagles Nest Lake One is still open after nights with temperatures in the single digits. I don?t remember the lake ever being open this late in the year. El Ni?o is making a difference. The shot of the WRI Cabin shows Sean?s car that he drove from California. He?ll be here through mid-January working with the team. Although he is a grad student, he teaches a geomorphology lab in the Geography Department there. The drone is part of that kind of study. For his studies here, which involves modeling forest conditions to help in his analysis of the GPS data, a drone can be helpful in creating ecologic variables such as percent canopy cover and vegetation health. We lucked out that he came here as a Black Bear Field Course participant and now is back as a graduate student.

On this crisp, calm, sunny day, I snapped pictures of a chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, and a hairy woodpecker against the blue sky out the window.

In Ely, ravens were up to their usual. These birds that are among the most cautious in the woods sit on a dumpster undaunted by traffic and pedestrians. People pay no attention to them either.

Red-breasted Nuthatch   Hairy Woodpecker   Snow on white-tailed deer's back   
Aerial View Eagles Nest Lake One   Sean's Drone   Aerial view of WRI Cabin
Eagle's Nest One   Sean's drone    Aerial view of WRI cabin
A deer out the window showed off its deep, well insulated fur. Snow on its back wasn?t melting. But the temperature was down to 8?F, which doesn?t make it a good test in comparison with black bears. I?m not sure how warm it has to be for snow to melt on the backs of white-tailed deer, but we do know that it doesn?t melt on the backs of black bears here until ambient temperature is above 22?F. We are near the northern limit of white-tailed deer range. Black bears range hundreds of miles farther to the northern limit of trees in Canada and Alaska. http://www.bearstudy.org/website/images/stories/Publications/Radiant_Surface_Temperatures_and_Hair_Depths_of_a_Black_Bear.pdf

Thank you for all you do.

Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center

[calhound]

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