Quick backstory:
This is a dencam in Lily and Hope's den in Ely, MN, which is about 2 hours north of where I live in Duluth. My husband is from Ely and still visits there often.
Lily is in labor and expected to give birth probably sometime today. She also still has her yearling cub (Hope) denning with her, so it's going to be very interesting to see what happens to the family dynamics when the cub(s) arrive, as Hope still wants to nurse all the time.
Here's the live dencam: http://www.bear.org/livecams/lily-hope-cam.html
Sometimes you can see faces and paws, and if you turn up the volume you can hear grunts and moaning.
You can also like them on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/#!/lily.the.black.bear?v=wall
On Facebook you can read the daily updates the scientists post under the Notes tab.
Sue and Lynn are the scientists who head up this project. They are affiliated with the North American Bear Center (NABC) http://www.bear.org/ They are on "friendly" terms with these bears and have never had to tranquilize them to study them up close. They have earned their trust and have spent many hours with many different radio-collared research bears in this clan.
I have been following them for the past year and it's been a heckuva ride - Lily and Hope were separated and reunited twice - once by people and once they found each other on their own after several weeks of separation!
I've been waiting all winter for this day!! So exciting!!
This is a dencam in Lily and Hope's den in Ely, MN, which is about 2 hours north of where I live in Duluth. My husband is from Ely and still visits there often.
Lily is in labor and expected to give birth probably sometime today. She also still has her yearling cub (Hope) denning with her, so it's going to be very interesting to see what happens to the family dynamics when the cub(s) arrive, as Hope still wants to nurse all the time.
Here's the live dencam: http://www.bear.org/livecams/lily-hope-cam.html
Sometimes you can see faces and paws, and if you turn up the volume you can hear grunts and moaning.
You can also like them on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/#!/lily.the.black.bear?v=wall
On Facebook you can read the daily updates the scientists post under the Notes tab.
Sue and Lynn are the scientists who head up this project. They are affiliated with the North American Bear Center (NABC) http://www.bear.org/ They are on "friendly" terms with these bears and have never had to tranquilize them to study them up close. They have earned their trust and have spent many hours with many different radio-collared research bears in this clan.
I have been following them for the past year and it's been a heckuva ride - Lily and Hope were separated and reunited twice - once by people and once they found each other on their own after several weeks of separation!
I've been waiting all winter for this day!! So exciting!!
And I hear the soft, baby murmurings!
