Graying GuyI don’t know how old he is, but a bear named Guy is a solid member of the Graying Group with his bushy white eyebrows and many gray forehead hairs that he did not have in 2007.
A delight for me in the Black Bear Field Study Courses is seeing the enthusiasm of participants as they experience life-changing moments with bears. But some of their most satisfying moments are quietly observing bears and other nature alone.
In the last two days, pictures they took included bears playing where the participant observed the ‘airplane ears’ of bears at play in a pond with each other and with a stick.
 Vern & playmate |
 Vern |
Another shot was of a pileated woodpecker that had fewer feathers on his head than I’d ever seen.
Then they shared perhaps the most detailed look at the neck and head of a loon I’d ever seen. It was a great look at the irridescence of the neck and the ruby brightness of the eye.
 Loon |
 Pileated woodpecker |
Then came the picture of the day—a poignant picture of 34-year-old Shadow as the sun was going down.
Shadow
A happy and satisfying day for all.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center