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Shadow, Ted, Holly - UPDATE May 15, 2016
15 May 2016
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29-year-old Shadow is one step closer to having cubs at the record age of 30 for a wild black bear. She and Spanky have gone through family break-up. Two landowners Shadow
Shadow

reported her alone today. I zipped over to each place for pictures. The light was perfect for that on this rainy day. One picture shows her nice coat and the other two feature her graying face in different lights. After living most of her life in and around this community, she is still one of the most cautious and retiring bears. An unfamiliar action or sound from a person and she is gone and very slow to return.
Is Braveheart trying to confuse us? First she shows up without her yearlings, making us think she went through family break-up; and now today she has Geneva and Porter back with her.
Shadow
Shadow

A Lily Fan asked about Herbie?s mate. Yes, we also wonder where she came from and what her chances are of establishing a normal-sized territory in the area.
Shadow
Shadow

At the Bear Center, I wondered if Ted could ever pry Holly away from her friend Lucky and if he would be interested in trying. Today, he showed interest. Holly was on the scale. Ted wanted to say hi. He came to the scale, blocking her exit and being his usual friendly self. Holly didn?t know what to think. She made an emergency exit up over the side of the scale, hitting the electric fence and running off into the woods. I wonder how Ted felt. Will she give him another chance? Will he be helplessly drawn to her? Will Lucky have something to say about it?
Also at the Bear Center, community volunteers put the new lynx picture on the front of the building a few days ago, and it looks good.
Out in the woods, pincherry blossoms are about to burst?hopefully not damaged by the recent frosts.
Dancing crow

Pincherry blossoms

Lynx picture at NABC

Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Cente