We have shown you pictures of fun colored poop before courtesy of our bears. The other day I found an oddly colored poop–any ideas what food made the bears poop purple!? I think it is sort of pretty in a gross way–Keeper Jill does not agree! 😛Read more
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Christmas 2015
You know the deal. Advance prep for the day: Review all the log books and check in with Keepers about any specific things to note. CHECK Christmas present for Security Guard. CHECK Headlamp and tasty food for me on desk and ready. CHECK New batteries in Camera. CHECK All’s ready for the day. 5:00 AM arrival with the only issue being I startled the security guard. I arrive set to have no escapes, even though Sarah commented itRead more
QuikPic: Virginia
We feed our bears 3 times a day, usually once in the morning, early afternoon and right before we go home for the day. Normally, by the time I get to the bear house in the morning most of the bears are sitting in the house staring at me probably wondering where breakfast is at. The other day, I went to feed the bears and I found VA just patiently waiting in the yard. She even had her paws crossedRead more
Mixed Species Exhibits
We have a few exhibits that have different species of animals liking together. In the Farmyard, Lightning and the goats share an area. Inside, the water snake and mud turtle share a home. (There is also another mixed-species exhibit inside. Guesses?) These exhibits are purposeful. However, outside, we seem to have another group of animals co-habiting well together. We’ve had wild woodchucks living in the bear yard for many, many years. It’s just in the past year that theRead more
Bear Limerick challenge accepted
At the behind-the-scenes bear program in August, a member accepted my tattoo challenge. This month, one of the participants accepted my Haiku or Limerick Challenge. Janet had one composed in her head before we finished the program AND emailed it to me. Thanks Janet!! (Check out our members only program schedule here. There once was a bear named Gus Who wanted to become one of us So he shaved all his hair Sat down in a chair ThenRead more
Art in Nature
I was heading to bear overlook to do the meet the keeper program when I looked down and saw: It almost looks like we painted it there but it is in fact Great Blue Heron poop in the shape of a bird! If you’ve been out to the wetlands, you’ve probably seen what looks like paint splatters but it is really poop from a pretty big bird. The culprit below: I think we’ve all seen animal shapes inRead more