Showing off his new rear foot pads, Ted also showed that he knows how to relax on a holiday weekend. 
Ted relaxingPeople showed the same. The new pavilion turned out to be a hit. Visitors ate there without having to leave the Bear Center. Lucky and Holly got in the holiday spirit, taking over the Cub Tree for fun and relaxation as a Lily Fan captured in this 14:53-minute video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpnvG3VxnXw
Tasha has learned she doesn’t have to run from Ted. She is even curious about him, acting much like Lucky did as a cub when he was about to befriend Ted in 2007. A Lily Fan captured Tasha’s close interaction in this 3-minute video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6YAHlu4rRU .
Out the window at the Wildlife Research Institute, a gull was less afraid of little yearling Lucy than it is of people. As the sun went down, a gull waited patiently for one more piece of bologna.
Tomorrow: Current wild bear foods.
 Lucy and gull |
 Pavilion at the NABC |
 Herring gull |
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center