A Lily Fan capture 2:34 minutes of pure play by Holly and Tasha, separately, in their pens at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hSwxZ-EI5o. Meanwhile, workers were redoing the wiring to the webcams.
Holly playing I don’t know how it was possible to get the footage, but here it is!
Out in the woods, RC and her two yearlings and a bear that stayed in the background competed with eagles, ravens, crows, and turkey vultures for a beaver carcass. RC made a quick move toward a swooping eagle that then flew off. A turkey vulture flew over at treetop height. I don’t know why beavers are so attractive as carrion. We’ve seen that before with bears that walked past other carrion.
In New Jersey, a woman making brownies had a visitor. http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/multimedia/Bear-Visits-Back-Deck-in-Avon-421662643.html. I’d like to know her recipe. We don’t see that here even though we have the best bear food we can provide.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center