The Foggy, Foggy Dew
Because of the warm days and extremely high humidity we’ve had some foggy mornings recently. The Wild Enclosure is at a lower elevation than is the office, Cub Nursery, and…
Bear Cub Olympics!
There has been so much media coverage of the Rio Olympics, that we thought we’d post about our own Gold Medal performance in the Bear Cub Olympics – Finnegan Bear,…
Two New Videos of the Cubs
We have a treat today in the form of two short videos in which the curators have captured glimpses of the three cubs – yes, all three of them –…
Standing Up to Eat!
In our last post we reported that Curator Coy had delivered pears to the three cubs (by throwing them over the fence, as usual). Andy Bear had a very interesting…
Three Bears in a Tree
The three little cubs seem to have chosen the large hickory tree as “the place to be.” As was the case yesterday and the day before, all of them were…
Pears for Bears
A group of ABR volunteers went to pick pears for the cubs, and Curator Coy has stored them in the Cubby Cooler, a refrigerated building at the facility. He took…
Eliza and Finnegan Bear
We have a few more photos today, and the good news is that Finnegan and Eliza were in the same tree with no huffing, slapping, or other signs of stress. …
Too Hot for a Fur Coat!
It’s been too hot for little cubs in fur coats! Curator Coy was able to get a quick photo of only one of the cubs – Andy Bear, as he…
Three Cubs, Zero Crows
We don’t know if the “fake dead crow” is the reason or if it’s a coincidence, but the crows did not bother the cubs on this day. Curator Coy was…
How to Discourage Crows (We Hope)
We’ve reported recently that a flock (oops! we mean a murder) of crows has been visiting ABR to avail themselves of the food provided for the cubs. A friend who…