Log EntranceHolly and Lucky continue to fascinate me. Sometimes they spend waking moments independently doing their thing as in this 6-minute video in which Holly seems to want her paper in her bowl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Sq2Bi3dvU At other times, the ways they play together and share gentle moments show a tender side I’ve not seen mentioned in the literature as shown in this 7-minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRMoVjMZF6Q.
Den Cams are a wonderful thing. It is not mating season, and won’t be for nearly 3 months, but they are obviously bonded even though Lucky is “fixed.” We’ve seen wild pairs that meet and seem to express affection months after mating season is over, too.
At the Bear Center, the Log Entrance is coming along. Eventually, the bases of the posts will be surrounded by masonry, and lights will shine upward at the logs and pretty tongue and groove ceiling boards. The logs are red pines (Pinus resinosa) harvested about 18 miles WSW of the Bear Center in Juliet’s old territory. They were part of a timber sale on government land. Characterized by tall, straight growth, they are commonly planted and managed sustainably.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center