Bald eagle with drumstick
The male bald eagle showed his face as he looked to see if chicken drumsticks were ready for a swoop and grab in the usual spot. On one of his swoops when he flew off toward his nest a mile away where his mate is busy incubating, the camera caught the drumstick hanging from his beak.
 Deer eating grass |
 Deer face |
In late March, a warm period melted the snow and let little blades of green grass sprout that drew deer mothers and their 10-month-old fawns to nibble them and restfully chew their cuds with less than two months to go before the mothers give birth and shift their attention to their newborn fawns.
Spanky tracks
Dark-eyed Juncos (also called snowbirds) of the ‘slate-colored’ variety arrived here in numbers in early April when 6-8 inches of snow turned the landscape white, letting us see Spanky’s tracks from a distance, showing that he is coming and going from his den this spring like he did when he was the den cam bear in the spring of 2021 going and coming from the porch he had slept under that winter.
Thinking of bears makes me look forward to the black bear field study courses of July and August when people whose hearts for bears let them learn directly from the bears themselves. Seeing the courses fill up, we limited each course to eight until we learned the sleeping arrangements and knew where there is still room for a male or female to make nine. This year nine spaces are open at this time as follows:
The July 6-9 course has 6, with room for three 3 females.
The July 13-16 course has 8, with room for one female.
The July 20-23 course has 7, with room for one male and one female or two females.
The July 27-30 course has 8, with room for one female.
The August 3-6 course has 8, with room for one female.
The August 10-13 course is full with 9.
The August 17-20 course is full with 9.
The August 24-27 course has 8, with room for one female.
Click here to reserve your spot!
Thank you for all you do,
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center