Levi on 4-12-26
A bear looking and behaving very much like Levi put in an appearance today. Knowing that Levi was part of a litter of three males, I wondered if he was Levi’s brother. Suddenly, the new bear panicked and ran. Rushing outside, I saw a wolf running away in the opposite direction. I hurried to grab my camera hoping for a lucky ID shot of the wolf that happened just before it disappeared about a tenth of a mile away. The wolf paused looking back long enough for a click.
Wolf
A few minutes later Levi appeared. A few minutes after that , the new bear came back and the two fed about 15 feet apart without bluster. Then came another test of their relationship. Something scared Levi like the wolf had scared the new bear, and Levi ran toward him and squeezed by him with no sign of concern about each other. I hope we can find pictures of the three littermates (Levi, Liam, and Logon) with their 10-year-old mother Daisy in 2021. 
Fisher
Other visits through the day were by the eagle, the two herring gulls, two deer families, and the fisher who made the big haul of drumsticks and beef fat shown. A raven took a close look at the food but remained in flight when it saw me quietly sitting at my desk in the window. Even though ravens and crows are somewhat trusting of people in Ely, they are among the most cautious birds here in the woods.
Woodchuck
Out in the yard, a very trim woodchuck stood up in a patch of green grass that probably grew noticeably on this sunny 73°F day.
Just as I was winding up the day, I got my first view of the year of a bear with a distinctively bulging forehead—11 -year-old Spanky.
Spring is springing. Action is surging.
Thank you for all you do,
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center