Without bears, the red fox wins the Excitement of the Day award for this nice mild day with temperatures above freezing. In second place, this unusual crow with scattered white feathers is getting more and more accustomed to seeing people through the window, but it doesn’t have the personality of the fox with its eyes and growing trust. The last couple days it was good to see the first goldfinches of the fall, including this male almost in winter plumage with only a few black feathers remaining from its black cap of summer.
 Crow |
 Goldfinch |
Tonight is a different kind of excitement. It’s the annual Bear Center Christmas dinner out. Looking forward to it.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center