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DECEMBER 30th,31st 2022: https://www.facebook.com/dawn.l.brown.39/posts/5882677565125571
The 5 were out and about yesterday - Oh goodness I had fun recording them ;they were digging, and eating some roots, old leaves, playing with ice and slurping water ( I recorded all of it - AWESOME :-) They were rolling around in the snow and if having a spa and taking a' bath and running around, playing, frolicking as the slushy snow went flying above their running strides - it was picturesque indeed - How they were having the time of their lives - only to settle into bear snoozing dream land - with green up and acorns dancing through their heads .
Bears plugging themselves up with leaves, other natural debris is not abnormal behavioral foraging patterns at all, and they do it for other reasons too. Wow, the temps reached near 55° yesterday December 30th, 2022, It was unreal beautiful out! Today is nice too - in the 40°s
Bow has been up too fighting his winters nap some..., but happy to say Thunder is in her awesome den - snoozing away...I checked on her yesterday - only to get a few huffs and puffs
New Year’s Day:In the light of the moment I take time to reflect The new year has begun and as I watch my beautiful bears slide across the ice , play with one another and rumble through the woods like buffalo only to turn into ghost that disappear as quickly as they had become visible – oh how they are so silent and magnificent and majestic until they start to climb small trees and bounce up & down like a’ child minded fun and innocence – only to run around the trees and all other obstacles as if they trained for it – jumping over the stream with all stealth and persistence - then back to digging for roots and taking a chunk of Ice gently and meticulously as claws hold onto it with all get out – only to chomp and chew and watch the ice crumble to the ground – Oh a bears life. The sun rose and colors scattered the sky this morning with shades of purple pink, orange ,and blue - As so often happens – with the clouds mixed in with their display - the sun set with near the same colorful beauty in the horizon only to disappear and watch the moon arise – oh the beauty of it all...The bears went too their den some on top of it and some inside nestled, many days and nights will follow the lives of these bears and Lord knows I give thanks for these moments in time… BOW https://www.facebook.com/dawn.l.brown.39/posts/5754162881310374
THUNDER https://www.facebook.com/dawn.l.brown.39/posts/5749253141801348
SPIRIT & KIEDRA https://www.facebook.com/dawn.l.brown.39/posts/5737201503006512
TROOPER https://www.facebook.com/dawn.l.brown.39/posts/5728746747185321
WORRIER https://www.facebook.com/dawn.l.brown.39/posts/5726208504105812
GADSDEN https://www.facebook.com/dawn.l.brown.39/posts/5724765107583485
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GADSDEN https://www.facebook.com/dawn.l.brown.39/posts/5724765107583485

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Posting Some past bears & present; that I had, have /continue to observe while in torpor
Note: I have been documenting bears for years now …Note: My bear care, Bear cub developmental & torpor season observations - only to eventually - become Spring emergence... Well, I truly keep all my records backed up with recordings and could never post everything I have - even if I wanted too = I simply keep it for my data - so as to have proof /real.
I have continued this journey ,and my 7 beautiful bears; that I have now certainly continue to teach me things ,and Lord knows whenever I think I know Everything ;I don't ,but I sure do know much more than most - considering I am around bears near 365 days a year - I have had 74 bears thus far over the years , and I continue to learn - it is not easy, and can even be challenging , and some only see just a glimpse, and do not know what is involved with the work I do - it is pure dedication and drive ,and I hope my beautiful photos sell of the very bears I care for and observe.

Gadsden,Worrier,Trooper, Spirit,Kiedra,Thunder& Bow
I observe like I would any other bear/bears that I had prior to them = lots of recordings /filming of all of them. Lately they have been eating roots ,leaves, small twigs, grooming ,cleaning and then my solitaire Thunder is exactly that - she trees most of the time ,but comes down to explore a bit and eat ,drink, and then back up in the tree/trees she goes...Bow - I am simply getting lbs. /fat reserves on him ,and hope he will have some natural instinctive traits - better than he does - foraging skills are not that great - just being honest ,and I worry a bit about Thunder too - referring to traveling out of her comfort zone to forage - time will tell and observation is of good. The cubs I raised form very young ,are always some of the best foraging bears/cubs/yearlings out there = I start young cubs foraging on natural food before some cubs in the wild even are out of the den, and I gotta say I am totally impressed with my data that I have gathered over the years = their foraging innate skills are impressive ,and i document so many other behaviors and skills that they all have in place and their different animalities over and over again/repetitive data. Right now, it is the time of year for torpor behavioral patterns to set in = They are becoming a bit slower, but the warm weather is keeping them hesitant ...they have all packed on some lbs. for sure - I look forward to the continued journey. Knowledge is wanting to learn and no matter how it is done - it should not matter = My knowledge is gained form life experience hands on - real visual documentation observation.
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