Cub Sybil on Juliet's back! - May 13, 2012Lynn wanted to spend time with his wife Donna, so they started early—4:30 AM—in an attempt to capture nature sounds on this windless morning. The warblers are back in numbers. Beautiful little birds twittering in bird language in the backwoods, far enough from highways and lakes to avoid the sounds of motors. The idea, in partnership with expert soundman Martyn Stewart, is to give future visitors to the new Hope Education Building (now in design) a feel for the sounds as well as the beauty of the black bears’ world.
Inside the BBC satellite transmission truck - Phil Jennings and Donna Dixon - May 13, 2012At 2 PM, about 40 of us gathered to watch today’s episode of Planet Earth Live. We clapped at the end, feeling gratitude to the entire BBC team of 30 people for expertly summarizing our information to make the program educational as well as beautiful and entertaining. It’s what we’ve come to expect of the BBC. We have posted the program schedule on Lily the Black Bear Facebook page and have updated the one on bear.org at http://www.bear.org/website/planet-earth-live.html.
We were also happy to see Emma Cox’s article about the show in the British tabloid newspaper The Sun. She tempered the tabloid approach with sound information to put black bears in proper perspective. More education for us to be thankful for. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4314158/A-bears-breathing-down-my-neck-its-going-to-charge.html
Inside the BBC satellite transmission truck - Ben, Mike, and Dan - May 13, 2012Meanwhile, a BBC film team that included Jason Sawyer, who some of you will remember from his cold snowmobile trips to maintain Lily’s Den Cam in 2011, documented that June’s estrus condition has progressed. We expect her to split from yearling Aster soon. At 4:20 PM today, Donna was still with all 3 of her yearlings. A few days ago we reported that Bow’s male Drew was alone and skittish. This evening we saw Bow still with her female yearling Daisy. Seems Bow’s family is taking a similar approach to family breakup as June’s.
Another video of Jewel and cubs from April 28 is posted at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWSdbbaw3vI.
At the same time, a team of volunteers is making progress on the Speakers Bureau that is growing out of the Education Outreach program.
Thank you for all you do.
—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear