Chandler was born this spring and was orphaned. His tail had to be amputated and he was not a good candidate to be returned to the wild so he is joining us here. Our staff will start using him in Education and other programs in August. Read more
Posts filed in: Videos
Behind the scenes with our Education Animals
Keeper Mary got some cute video of a couple of our Education Animals. The first video is of Juliet, our opossum, using her prehensile tail to grab newspaper for her bedding. The second is a quick video of Misha, our red-tailed hawk coughing up (casting) a pellet. SO COOL, THANKS MARY!! Read more
Just about weaned
Ranger Greg posted some great pictures of the pups nursing. The pups will be nine weeks old the end of the week so that pretty much means no more nursing as pups are typically weaned at 7-9 weeks of age. Enjoy the video that Ranger Sarah caught of the pups nursing.Read more
One Month ago
I spent some time this week going through den camera footage. We’ll have some great stuff from the end of May next week. In the meantime, here are two of my favorite clips from May 9th. The first one, from about 4 AM, has F2062,mom, and the pups sleeping/nursing in the den. This second video may be my favorite. F2062, Mom, moved the pups out of the primary den the early evening of May 9th. Later that night, aroundRead more
QuikPics: mowing the bear yard
This is what I look like when mowing the bear yard: This is what the bears look like when I mow the bear yard: This is what the Woodchuck in the bear yard does after I mow the bear yard: Read more
Dad’s Duties
M1803 is a great dad. He’s got a few jobs. Primarily, starting when the female is pregnant, he provides food. He brings her food. He lets her take food from him. He repeats. Another one of his jobs is to oversee his territory and keep his family safe. He does this from outside the den. Rarely, if ever, does he enter when the pups are newborn. He’ll be more directly involved with the pups when they start moving around onRead more