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[calhound]

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A Good Memory and Pretty Faces - UPDATE August 6, 2020
06 August 2020
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This 10-minute video captures good memories of Ted and Lucky making friends and Lucky losing his fear as he goes all in for raucous play with big Ted in 2007 and 2008. Ted and Lucky Make Friends - 2007 NABC

ColleenIn the wild, a treat was seeing beautiful Colleen who I haven?t seen for years. In fact, we?re seeing a lot of bears we haven?t seen for years and we suspect we are getting bears from Canada where the spring drought would have an even worse effect with the thinner soil over bedrock that would dry out even more. I remember the drought of 1985 when radio-collared bears that had spent their lives in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness near the Canadian Border trekked south over a hundred kilometers to Lake Superior. They did this across northeastern Minnesota and in adjacent Canada. The lake funneled them to population centers. Seventy were killed in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and 90 were killed in Duluth. That story will be a chapter in my book. Bears were everywhere. When I went to sleep with the windows open, I?d hear shots. I believe many have softened their fear of black bears today. When a bear was up a tree in the middle of Ely a couple weeks ago, police were protecting the bear rather than shooting it as I mentioned in the update that night. I also remember that in 1985 there were three places where bears were not a problem. One was my diversionary feeding area around a U. S. Forest Service campground. Another was a 10-mile radius around the huge Grand Marais Dump which also served as a tourist attraction. The bears there were accustomed to people and were being fed. The local wildlife manager told me that the only bear complaint he had there was about a bear sleeping harmlessly in someone?s yard. The third area was the very place we are doing the feeding study here in Eagles Nest Township. They had been feeding bears since 1961. They were accustomed to people at a dozen feeding sites, and the Ely Echo did an article about the lack of problems there.Colleens cub

Colleen has been seen miles away from here, and we knew she had 3 cubs?two females and a male. Two of the cubs stick with her and the third spends a lot of time taking refuge in trees. Willingness to trust varies greatly?even among littermates.

Colleen can trust and remember. I believe she recognized me. I spoke to her and she responded. It was as if she had just seen me yesterday. She came confidently. She looked intense but meant no harm. She was actually calm?at least toward me, although not toward bears that came too close to her cubs. It was good to see her. She is 17 years old?part of Donna?s first litter (2003).

I like the picture of her coming. Her face has almost the same rich gold as Ursula?s. As with most others like her, she has never caused a problem. A reason for that is that bears in this community do not become as desperately hungry as in areas without feeding. Bears in this community spend their time finding what they can in the woods; but when food is scarce, they go to the feeding sites where they are welcome instead of from house to house. The food shortage this year has been of crisis proportions. The people who are feeding are trying their best to go the extra mile to keep the bears fed in order to protect the bears and minimize problems. Nothing is perfect, but from what I hear things could be a lot worse. Wild foods are now becoming available to an extent, which should help.

Colleen?s cub is in a tree keenly watching a bear pass by.

Colleen and all her cubs have beautiful faces to me, and they have a good mom to learn from.

Thank you for all you do.

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 65 here 69 in the barn 10 raccoonies my baby following me all over cookie cookie okay okay fill up pans with dog food. i love that video of little lucky and big ted! that was so cute. colleen is beautiful and thank you bear people feeding the bears.

hi lupe! pearl just wants to eat fresh clover so past few days i have driven smokey up the hay field full of clover and i sit on the ground with my trash bags and pull clover for her. seen some monach and other butterflies seeing wooly worms crickets. see my swallows. on the front porch raised their and had more new babies and under the roof on walkout in basement some more there too. i had turned off that fan but saw them up in the nest so turned it back on. suppose to rain today so hoping to get done with feeding early and get up on the hill. found some gloves my hand were trashed and i get grass allergies like the dogs so wear my flannel shirt suppose to be almost a 100 tomorrow with heat index i hope not this cooler weather been really nice.

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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone-  i'm a bit groggy today. Stayed up until almost 11 to watch Alone on History channel. In past years i could watch it on my laptop after it aired but for some reason they changed the protocol this year- they  are locked episodes so i have to stay up to watch.
cal- maybe a pair of hedge clippers could help harvest clover for Pearl. I know what you mean by grass allergies. As soon as i'm done mowing i have to shower especially if it's windy out. Don't think we'll have to mow this week. Maybe rain overnight tonight. Need it.

I feel so bad for the north bears but am so thankful for the people up there who truly care about them. I couldn't get the link for Ted's video. Help?

Another cool morning here with heat on the way for the weekend.  I ordered a leash for Izzy and it came yesterday. We're going slow- just draped it over her back and let her play with it some. My goal is to let her be outside with me only on her leash.  We can sit on the porch and read.

Time for breakfast- have a great day jewelies!

[calhound]

hi lupe nope those clippers be to big just have to sit and pull move up pull i got i think some poison ivy on top of my left hand keep putting the junk on it. my mom had some of her cats not the ones i have now trained to a leash her sweetheart and turkey. they done passed on mom with them now. here is that link for that video  https://youtu.be/o44Hvt6wJ0U

[lupinelady]

cal- thanks for the link- so wonderful to watch !!!

[ruesgram]

Hi jewelies! Like Ra, I didn't realize I hadn't posted in several days! Had several days of catching up! It's been nice and cool out with a little bit rain now and then. I've been cleaning up flower beds and picking tomatoes. Nothing better than a tomato and mayo sandwich! Back to hot temps starting tomorrow.

Jp, so good to hear from you! Really miss your daily greetings!

Cal, great update pics and dog shames! Thanks for the videos!

Lupe, my naked ladies are blooming! Wahoo!

Ra, that last cable guy that found our problem traced it back to a a connection box a couple streets over. We haven't had any problems since! Hope your guy has the same luck as ours did!

Jo, hoping Joan is feeling better!

Nora, hope you had a nice birthday! How's Chester?

Have a great afternoon and evening! Stay safe!

[calhound]

Daily Updates
A Good Day with Cubs - UPDATE August 7, 2020
07 August 2020
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The day started with the pleasant pulsing hum of nursing. It was one of Colleen?s daughters contentedly nursing while 17-year-old Colleen with cub
Colleen with cub
Colleen scanned her surroundings for any bear to which she would address with her very deep voice giving the pulsing sound that is anything but contentment. Last evening, when a male 2-3 times her size approached, she grumbled. Then she went after the fleeing male and slapped it on the rear. That made the male whirl to defend itself and led to a standoff that lasted more than a minute, erupting into fast movements and loud sounds with neither bear backing away. I wanted to help my old friend and walked to them and the male hurried off. Colleen was immediately calm. All her angst was directed toward the intruder into her family?s space. Remembering that helped me understand why she was scanning her perimeter as she nursed her daughter. Her cubs are named Anna, Abby, and Alden.Big Harry
Big Harry

Mid-day came a surprise. Lily?s granddaughter, 4-year-old Cinnamon (daughter of Ellie), appeared in the bushes and two small cubs of similar cinnamon coloration were climbing a dead tree. I don?t know that I?ve ever seen Cinnamon. Seeing her today shedding her bleached fur of last year, she looked to be the smallest mother I?ve seen in years, but she was doing well enough to have cubs at 4, which takes adequate nutrition. We knew about her from sightings as she grew up miles away. How she found the WRI, I don?t know. Here, she showed spunk that even outdid Colleen?s courage. When a male 2-3 times her size came too close, she went after him and slammed both paws on the back just forward of his hips. And she put the fear of mother bears into him. I can see where they get their scary reputation. He fled, and she was back to being calm and keeping an eye on her cubs. Somehow, I have never seen such explosive behavior in all the times I caught screaming cubs and held them in my hands in my earlier studies when it was important to ear-tag every bear in the population. Mothers would charge, but not one ever touched me. Maybe because I?m not a bear.

Cinnamon   Cinnamon's cub   Cinnamon
Cinnamon (Ellie's daughter) and her cub

Toward the end of the day, Big Harry appeared, looking as handsome as I?ve ever seen him. New hair has grown in, and I saw what June might have seen in her annual reunions with him. I believe he is the father of Lily with her light muzzle. I suspect that Shadow accepted him to produce her lastborn Spanky with his light muzzle in 2015.

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

[calhound]

Hi jewelies! it is 72 our and storming big time  71 in the barn 12 raccoonies. Well bears do not mess with a momma bear! happy dr rogers broke up that stand off i hope not lots of those. i do not hear rain anymore but tv still out. cant hear the us farm report then after it our local news weather will come on. tv back on.

Hi Rues! i am happy they finally got your cable fixed i sure do hope they do the same for ra! i hope i can get up in the clover field and pull some for pearl. that is what she wants to eat sweets enjoying it too. jim brought a use zero turn mower he bought he was mowing pearls pasture with it around 4 i was in the barn and that thing is so loud pearl most interested in her clover than that noise i open the barn door sounded like he was right outside it to say what are you doing and he out in her field so pretty loud tv back off. wish this rain would go away. i could not find my cane anywhere then i realized i left up in the hay field went back to get another little box for pearl did not see it. my hands are ate up with looks like poison ivy but i did not see any up there little bumps all over and last night i scratched it raw. ready for colder weather will have to cut lots of clover then. tv back on. :)jim got me some home grown tomatoes from duane and yesterday i had tomato and toast sandwich. yum. ronnies memorial service is today at 1 pm. i am going to try to tell one of my favorite memories of him. tv off again.

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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- 69 here  and cloudy; rain was predicted for this morning but i didn't see any on the radar. We didn't mow this week because the only place the grass is green and  growing is the new stuff that i water daily.

rues- my naked ladies are blooming too though it's hard to believe that a flower can bloom without leaves and with very little water.  Amazing nature. We had a wonderful sighting here last evening. Hubby noticed a red headed woodpecker on one of our trees out front of our house. I got up and looked- sure enough. We only rarely see red headed guys and usually only in the winter. A few minutes later he saw a woodpecker in the same place on the tree and he said- Well- hmmm- the head isn't red!! What? Then he saw the red head again. Turns our we got the book out and it was a juvenile with an adult!!  The juvenile must have just fledged somewhere close. There must be a nest in the trees north of the house. We are elated.

sil and i went to a fund raiser garage sale for the shelter  where we got Izzy. I got a couple of books and a pair of new slippers.  I also saw the lady volunteer  who showed me all the cats. Told her how happy we are with  Dizzy/Izzy and how perfect the fit is. Even with masks on i could tell she was smiling.

cal- i also am glad Dr. Rogers helped Colleen; he is so my kind of person.  Good for you to speak at Ronnie's memorial service.  It's so gracious of you to share.

Have a great day jewelies!

[ra]

Hi Jewelies!  Just wanted to let you know that i'm down most of the time here lately.  The NINTH tech came out today and I've already had to call them that my service was down again.  Wednesday  internet and phone was out for 2 hours, Thursday it was out from 4pm until after I went to bed, last night it went out at about 6pm and was still off this morning.  This is getting old...haven't even had their service for 6 weeks!

Love the bear pics in the updates... when I do get to come here, that's about all I get accomplished, reading and doing the puzzles. 

I hope all are well and have a better day than I've been having lately.  argh.

[calhound]

black bear people of ely mn said this....No Update. Kids and grandkids are here. - LR

[calhound]

hi jewelies it is 76 here humid 71 in the barn 6 raccoonies. ronnie deal was very sad yesterday but also had some fun memory deals and when we first got there tons of pictures all over the place i could not look at them up on the screen tons of pictures of him some so funny we all wrote down a memory of him i wrote down one of mine and i took an extra piece of paper saw dee saw that rotten cammie too and jim told me she tried to get a doctor to say she could not make her own decision and give her power of att over her and doc said NO dee can make her own decision she might forget it but ask her again and again and she makes the same one. cammie found duane owns the farms now everything on it is now his he said dee lived there at her home for as long as she want cammie found all that money from the sale she cannot touch. so on my piece of paper i wrote puke. and when cammie was talking even calling ron dad i should it to jim puke. dee son is for his mother everyone is except greedy cammie. i got a flyer deal will scan it show it later ron in the navy and they were there did the 21 gun deal and played taps reminded me of my dads cried my eyes out so did jim did that flag gave it to dee his ashes were in a wooden box on the table and metal tractor was on the front. the screen shot had so many funny things with ron i saw dee laughing when she was watching them and ron with all his grands he sure did love kids and his farm animals his tractors his family and friends.

hi ra well that is awful do you have any other options?  it poured down rain here yesterday had to put pearls clover in smaller boxes and i brought them in the kitchen put them on the table opened it up and let that box fan blow on it. the crooked river was up almost even with the bridge. when we went to ronnie deal someone had went off the road right before the bridge all backed up trying to pull it back up so jim turned around and went thru the bottoms. we do not need anymore rain yet they say another storm tomorrow night. i feel so bad for you with your tv and stuff.

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[lupinelady]

Good morning everyone- slept in this morning and Izzy wanted her lap time.  She continues to be a joy in our lives. I don't think she likes it when the ac is on and the windows are shut. She still sits on the sill and watches the birds. We've had more sightings of red headed woodpeckers with juveniles. Hubby saw 3 juvies at the same time. Lots of different kinds of butterflies around too.

cal- ty for telling us about the memorial service; you have my sympathy; so hard to lose a good person.

ra- what a mess you have; at least you can get on at times even though you can't predict when. What a pain!

Hoping for rain today; yesterday i did the grass- not mowed but used my grass shears to trim the new grass i planted. Other grass getting brown. But naked ladies blooming- so delicate and pink!

No plans as yet today- have a great day jewelies!

[ruesgram]

Hi Jewelies! The heat is back! It's 90.7 on the thermometer! Crow and I are inside enjoying the ac while Robin is floating around in the pool on her huge slice of pepperoni pizza float! Lol!

Cal, sounds like a nice service for Ron. Funerals and memorials are always hard to go to. Glad to hear that things aren't going Cassie's way! Hope Dee can live a long life in her own home. Sorry you are getting so much rain! We have a chance of rain everyday this week but nothing drastic.  Wonder why Pearl only wants clover now? Is it like a candy craving thing? I want candy all the time! I haven't had poison ivy for a couple months now. Hope yours clears up soon. Wilson and Tela are going to the vet's tomorrow afternoon for their shots. He is going to be sooo mad!

Lupe, I need to go out and clip my baby grass, too! I noticed the other day that there was some crab grass growing in with it. I'm afraid if I pull it out it will tear out some of the baby grass! I'll figure something out. My sister called me yesterday afternoon to tell me her naked ladies were blooming, too! Glad to hear that Izzy is doing so well!

Ra, what a bummer. All you want is for your service that you pay for  to work. I know the frustration. Fingers crossed that it gets resolved soon.

Have a nice day! Stay safe!

[calihoula]

hi rues! i dont know why pearl is on clover but she is sweets liking it too so up in the field pulling i was up there this morning and thunder black clouds oh no boom got my box in smokie headed back more rain we dont need! jim got home he cut with new mower i hand picked my two boxes they are on the kitchen table fan on them big box in the barn under a vent blowing on it. 70% chance of big storm tomorrow night.  funny robin on a slice of pizza. its muggy hot here too.nice in the house and the barn. poor wilson and tela yes going to be soooo mad! i like candy too but my teeth dont i know you love candy