Lily after 1st adjustment - Dec 30, 2012
Lily after 2nd adjustment - Dec 30, 2012Lily was great. We visited her den to re-align her camera. At first, she wondered who we were and was less than welcoming. Then she heard the right words a few more times and it didn’t matter how we were dressed. She recognized us and was perfect. She came out and watched Lynn work, watched us walk off saying, “Thank you bear,” and settled back in front of the camera. A few minutes later, we returned to tilt the camera for a level picture, and she looked up as if to say, “Oh, you again, you’re fine.”
Jewel before root snip - Dec 30, 2012
Jewel after root snip - Dec 30, 2012On to Jewel’s den and the shortest den visit ever—maybe 30 seconds to clip off the bright root that was in front of the lens. She looked up and yawned but didn’t even begin to get up.
Bird highlights include the first 
Red CrossbillsGreat Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) we’ve seen in a few years and the first Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra) in a few years. The picture is of a red male and two drab females. Their crossed bills easily pry open the scales of conifer cones to extract the seeds with their tongue. Crossbills can breed in mid-winter if they have an abundant source of conifer seeds.
Sunset over Lake 2 - Dec 30, 2012The 
Peek-a-boo deer - Dec 30, 2012sunset over Eagles Nest Lake Two tonight was anything but drab. We had to snap it.
Thank you for the surge in donations for the Hope Learning Center! Much appreciated.
Thank you for all you do.
—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center