Honey has something seriously wrong. No one is sure what. Her situation has not changed. She is not in pain, they say. We’re watching and inquiring, as are the vets. The vets and consultants weighed the risks and benefits of tranquilizing 
Bald EagleHoney today and opted to hold off for now. They are already treating her for everything they can imagine, including Lyme disease and inflammation. They doubt that blood work would reveal any condition they are not already treating her for. We’re waiting for answers to questions tomorrow and we are hoping for improvement.
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We feel a sense of togetherness with all the wonderful support and concerned comments for Honey from so many of you over the last several days.
Thank you.
A Lily Fan sent me this link to an old article from 24 years ago about our beginnings http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/Animals/Archives/1992/He-s-Just-One-of-the-Bears.aspx.
The not yet trusting gullOut the window at the WRI, redpolls are gone and the main birds at the feeders are purple finches and white-throated sparrows.
The trusting gull came a few times today. If I didn’t get up and give it what it came for, it flew over to my desk window and looked at me. Then I couldn’t help but get up. Seeing me get up, it flew back to the feeding spot. I’m trained.
The other gull came a couple times. The first time it had just landed when it took off with urgency. Then I saw what was happening. An eagle was flying in to land 85 feet away. I was surprised the gull reacted that strongly, but it could have been that the gull hurried because the eagle was on a flight path that would have intercepted the gull as it took its usual route away from here.
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| White-throated sparrow | Purple finch - male | Purple finch - male |
In the evening, visitors included a pair of mallards walking all over the yard among the deer that were eating the new grass. Nature gives solace, in a way.
Eli is here.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center