Chat - Tuesday, May 29th, 2012., It's in the bag!

Sunny...I'm with you...I like clean windows! It just seems to make the whole house look clean and bright. I'm always cleaning my windows, especially, the two front windows...just makes a better impression when someone comes to the door to see clean windows, well, at least it makes me feel better to have those two always clean. Our home in No. Calif. had several windows that did not open and were about 3 ft. wide and about 12 ft. tall...I don't think they had EVER been cleaned. I had to use a single edge razor on them the first time to get all the gunk off!!!

Chiquita

NAC team and lovers

Way to Go !!!!

~posted on Lily's page by Nancy

linda and everyone else

carol - sometimes local churches have a youth group that might help with windows, raking, etc. my nephew's group, for a nominal donation to the youth group, would spend the day doing chores ..... just a thought.....

we arranged for them to help my mom from time to time when she had her apartment

it was raining at the Mets game (on TV) and ES said it has arrived here ....
better not rain on me tomorrow while I'm at CitiField!

Herbie well I guess no matter how many times you tell the young ones, they have to figure it out for themselves

Pimu & Hydi thanks Carole

CAROLE--PIMU AND HYDI COLLAGE.... IT!!!

GREAT NEWS FROM TOO!! GREAT JOB CRUZERS!

This is a super suggestion Carol...because now those... just washed drapes.... still have to go back up on that big window...not that we are nagging...but please think twice, thrice, before trying to rehang them yourself. I betcha there are willing hands at your church, but you have let the need be known.

Seems to be a glitch in ordering on the IWS site.. hope it gets fixed soon.. will try again in the morning...

Lily the Black Bear – UPDATE May 29, 2012

June and Juliet


Aster, June, and Aspen feeding on aspen leaves - May 29, 2012

We were glad to find June, Aster, and Aspen safe in a clear-cut far from any people. Back 8-10 years ago, June (born in 2001) was a regular visitor to the feeding stations in the community. But as she matured and her offspring vied for space in her territory, she has shifted her main territory to uninhabited forest—miles from the feeding stations. She is often within a half mile of the Bear Head Lake State Park campground but, as far as we know, has never gone into it.


June strips aspen leaves through her diastema - May 29, 2012

Today, we were surprised to see her and the yearlings bending aspen saplings and eating the leaves. Few bears are doing that now with the leaves becoming mature. Does this mean she is extra hungry? Does it mean she found an extra tasty clone of aspen trees? We remember grouse biologist Gordon Gullion telling how grouse preferred the buds and catkins of certain aspen trees year after year.


Aspen bites last leaf off branch - May 29, 2012

The aspen leaf feeding was over 3 miles from the nearest feeding station and only a mile from the State Park campground. Why she hasn't visited the campground is beyond us. Trying to understand bear behaviors that don’t make human sense is one of the reasons we do research. We just observe and report, and some behaviors are contrary to what many would predict. We’re just glad she does not visit the campground. As she shifts her territory farther from the feeding stations, they may have less preventive effect in keeping her from problem areas.


Aster - May 29, 2012

Juliet and her 3 cubs might have experienced some forest drama today. When we reached them to change Juliet’s GPS batteries, all were high in trees—the cubs far out on a branch of a huge aspen tree and Juliet in a cedar tree nearby. That usually means a bear has passed by—typically a big male. Although cannibalism on cubs by big males is rare, mothers treat those males as if they are the biggest threat in the world. Juliet climbed down the cedar and joined the cubs in the aspen tree. The branch the cubs were on was too small to support an adult bear, so Juliet chose to rest in the rugged crotch of the main trunk.


Juliet and cubs high in aspen - May 29, 2012

The family remained up the tree for over 3 hours. Juliet’s 2-year-old daughters Sharon and Shirley share her territory, and both should be attracting big males. We know Sharon is outside her territory, but non-collared Shirley could have passed through with a suitor in tow. We wish we could be everywhere at once to know the “rest of the stories.”

Video footage of Jewel and her cubs taken on May 22 is posted on YouTube.

Thank you for all you do.

—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center

Eaglelady - I too worry about you getting on ladders and cleaning windows and taking down/putting up drapes. Do you have the Knights of Columbus in New Jersey? I know they would gladly do any kind of chore you needed them to do. Or you could call a local boy or girl scout troop. By calling them you are giving them the opportunity to serve others. You need your own personal

Tornado warning I hope nothing comes of it.

Praying for the firefighters and wildlife dealing with the fires in Arizona

Herbie

Carole, love the Pimu and Hydi post! You picked great pics for it.

NAC team and cruzers, so awesome that we have exceeded our goal this year!

Off to , good night!