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Offline Kinderchick

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Re: Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2013)
« Reply #81 on: March 25, 2013, 10:18 »
Lily's cubs were given their official names yesterday after a world wide voting contest. The male is "Eli" and the female is "Ellie". :)
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Re: Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2013)
« Reply #80 on: March 07, 2013, 22:33 »
Apparently, Lily has a male & a female cub, according to the website. It is wonderful to watch them when they're active, now that their eyes are open and they are growing so much. They will likely be given names very soon. :D
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Re: Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2013)
« Reply #79 on: January 13, 2013, 14:56 »
Very exciting news!  Listening to the cubs as they nurse is beyond wonderful! :-*
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Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2013)
« Reply #78 on: January 12, 2013, 23:48 »
Lily gave birth to 2 bear cubs this afternoon, about 20 mins. apart! This was earlier than expected. The predicted birthdate was Jan. 21st or 22nd, when she has typically birthed her other cubs.
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Re: Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2012)
« Reply #77 on: December 29, 2012, 22:13 »
Lily's Den Cam is now up & running for the season, as of today. She is expected to have cubs sometime near the end of January...

http://www.bear.org/website/live-cameras/live-cameras/lilys-den-cam.html
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Re: Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2012)
« Reply #76 on: September 12, 2012, 22:10 »
According to the NABC daily update, Lily is now in a den, as of September 10th. Her GPS radio signal led the biologists, Lynn Rogers & Sue Mansfield, to a huge brush pile in the woods and she was deep inside, coming out only long enough to have the batteries changed in her GPS unit. There is no webcam set up, as of yet, as this is a different den from last year. Faith is no longer with Lily. She is on her own now and appears to be doing quite well, having developed some friendships with a few other black bears. They can be seen feeding and playing together, from time to time. :)
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Re: Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2012)
« Reply #75 on: March 12, 2012, 21:17 »
According to the daily update on the website , Lily was quite restless and agitated last evening. Sue Mansfield, one of the NABC biologists, who is also an excellent tracker, went into sleuth mode this morning and found wolf tracks all over the place, not too far from Lily's den. However, it is believed that they were not checking out Lily's den, but rather some deer, since deer tracks were also located near by.
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Re: Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2012)
« Reply #74 on: February 04, 2012, 15:23 »
Lily & Faith's den cam has been back up now since January 25th, after having been down for a few weeks. Faith continues to plead with Lily to nurse her, as is evident with the deafening sound of her cries, at times.  :o
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Re: Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2012)
« Reply #73 on: January 09, 2012, 16:04 »
According to the NABC website, Lily's den cam is down for a few days due to a problem with the solar panels not charging the batteries. Further to that, a vital component of the den cam equipment failed so they are awaiting a replacement.
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Re: Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2012)
« Reply #72 on: January 05, 2012, 20:37 »
I watched this documentary this afternoon, upon returning from doing a few errands. My husband had taped it for me. It was wonderful and as you said, TPC, well worth it! :D After following these bears and Dr. Lynn Roger's research for the past few years, it was very exciting to actually see where his research takes place and the vast expanse of the territory that he and his research partner, biologist Sue Mansfield work in and "walk with the bears".
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Re: Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2012)
« Reply #71 on: January 04, 2012, 23:07 »
Oh, thank you, thank you, for this info, TPC! :-* As you may have noticed ( ;)), I am very interested in these bears and have heard about this documentary, so I will be sure to watch it! :D
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Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2012)
« Reply #70 on: January 04, 2012, 23:00 »
For those of you who want to know more about the bears in Minnesota there is a show currently running on Animal Planet.  It's the Mutual of Omaha production titled "Bearwalker of the Northwoods" and is about Lynn Rogers the bear biologist who runs the Minnesota black bear research program of whic Lucky, Honey, June, Lily, Hope, Faith (the three Amigos, big Harry, etc) are a part of.

Animal Planet - Bearwalker of the Northwoods
   Thursday (5th) = 8am, 2pm
   Friday (6th) = 5am, 9am
   Saturday (7th) = 7am

Its an amazing show that focuses on June and her sister Juliet and their cubs from 2007 (if I remember correctly) through 2009.  Juliet's cub Dave (the only one of three to survive in 2008) as well as June's 2007 triplets one of whom was/is Lily.  And yes, it talks about the issue of hunting near the research area.  Lynn rewrote bear legislation when he worked in govt a couple of decades ago and was instrumental in reducing the bear season from year-round to just six weeks in the fall.  

If you get a chance to watch the show, do.  If you have a VCR or a PVR, do record it, it is worth the hour to watch it!!
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Re: Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2011)
« Reply #69 on: December 23, 2011, 13:19 »
Faith has been making a lot of vocalizations in the den this year, which has surprised the researchers at the NABC. This is the 1st time they have observed a non-pregnant mother with a cub of Faith's age, so there is much new learning to be had. :)
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Re: Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2011)
« Reply #68 on: December 20, 2011, 12:56 »
Thanks for bringing this to our attention, KC!  I've now got it bookmarked for winter viewing! ;D
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Re: Black Bears - Minnesota / Lily (2011)
« Reply #67 on: December 19, 2011, 18:29 »
Very exciting news! Lily & Faith's Den Cam is now up and running! :D
You can view the live streaming at the following link...

http://www.bear.org/livecams/lily-faith-cam.php

Also, a very interesting article about the installation of the Den Cam can be found at the following link...

http://www.bearstudy.org/website/research/daily-updates/1485-lily-and-faiths-den-cam-installed-.html
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