Preparations
As winter draws closer, with impending hibernation, the cubs are responding as their bodies tell them to. Still eating and eating, but also getting lethargic. This is part of the…
Something New!
The cold weather (20s at night) has caused some changes in the cubs’ routines. We’ve seen them choosing different sleeping arrangements. Cubs in Wild Enclosure #1 are sleeping in their…
Cubby Piles
Cubby Piles are how the cubs sleep on these cold nights, when it’s more comfy and certainly cozier to sleep snuggled in with your enclosure mates than to sleep on…
Hyperphagia is Still With Us!
The feeding frenzy of fall, scientifically called hyperphagia is apparently still going strong! Often, it is expected that by this time of the year the feeding frenzy has ended, but…
Nettles Bear Feeling Much Better!
Nettles, the cub who arrived on October 23 after being injured by a car, has been spending the past three weeks doing a lot of hyperphagia – influenced eating and…
Busy in the Rain
Bears, including cubs, don’t let a little rain deter them from their business, as we can see from these photos. Piper is alert and ready to go. Nessie is “making…
A Beary Rainy Day
It was a very rainy day. and the cubs were predictably up the trees (except for Nettles, who is snug and dry in the Hartley House). Thistle Bear, who had…
Thistle’s Dilemma
Thistle Bear had a dilemma of his own, while the other four cubs in Enclosure #3 were busily engaged in eating. It started when he was playing with the swingy…
Anything New?
We never know what to expect of the bears at ABR. We had some much-needed rain that disrupted the schedule they have been following. The cubs in Wild Enclosure #1…
Getting Bigger
All of the bears at ABR are fulfilling their mission to grow and chubbify before winter. We remember how small Myrtle Bear looked when she arrived, and how much smaller…