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Deb in PA

8:50

Mornin' all! No cubs in sight this morning but I'm forever hopeful of a glimpse of them! Less than a week till fall begins...Hooray!

jtct sustitute

10:32

Quote for 9/16/25: " Wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will." - Theodore Roosevelt

Trish

1:44

Cub exploring around the tire swing at 1:38 p.m.

Deb in PA

5:05

5pm and just saw one of the cubs scoot up a tree!

*** Wednesday, September 17 ***

Deb in PA

9:26

At 6:30pm, both cubs up in a not so sturdy tree! Geez! (WCV)

PNW in Ohio

9:26

Two cubs in the tree at 7 p.m. Click image to see bigger view.

9:27

Two cubs up the tree right in the middle of the screen. The wind is sure making that tree sway.

KP in ORF

9:27

7:45AM Wednesday, Center tree started to shake violently. Up climbs Lav and No Tag follows. That really doesn't look like much of a tree to be climbing girls or wrestling in! I see the rain doesn't bother your climbing activities.

nef in me

9:27

Just hanging out in the rain
WCV

KP in ORF

9:27

I'm not a member of WWN but small trees aren't supposed to be top loaded like that, especially when the ground is wet.

Deb in PA

9:27

Mornin' all! Hoping the cubs both made it down out of that tree safely last night! They were sure doing a lot of swaying. I finally couldn't watch any longer...too scary!

nef in me

9:27

2 cubs in the tree
WCV

Alison, WCV

10:02

Bears by the fence line

Haley, WCV

10:04

We have got some active bears this morning!

Alison, WCV

10:06

This may just look like a tree, but there are in fact bears up there

jakermo

10:53

It looks like someone left Buddy a little surprise. He must be eating right now.

jtct sustitute

10:55

Quote for 9/17: "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." ~ Albert Einstein

KP in ORF

11:03

Alison is that the same tree they were up early this morning and I assume last night? Your wide shot shows me it isn't much of a tree.

Alison, WCV

11:03

Not sure! It is definitely a thinner tree though -- we were all grimacing as they kept climbing higher up

Deb in PA

12:02

Alison, any word on the Raven? Has he been OK'd for release?

Connor Gillespie, WCV

12:02

Update! The Raven will be released today—and he will be released in our bear yards! We should be able to stream the release live on the cam.

Connor Gillespie, WCV

12:52

A very short cub update, with photos!

https://wildlifecenter.org/patients/black-bear-cubs-2025#2025-09-17

12:53

Deb in PA

1:06

Connor, what great news! Raven being released and the cubs thriving and enjoying themselves! Hooray!

Hopefully, the cubs will soon learn which trees are good to climb and which are too skimpy to hold their weight! (Before they give us all a heart attack!)

1:27

Connor, has the Raven been caught up yet?

Connor Gillespie, WCV

1:28

Not yet. I believe it will be released around 2:30 -3:00. The rehab team said they would give me a heads up, so I can angle the cams and you can watch.

Deb in PA

1:47

Connor, thanks for the heads up! I'll check back in a bit!

Deb in PA

2:46

The Raven is flying around it's enclosure with no idea that he'll soon be flying free!

Raven says, "Just look at me! I'll soon be free!" (WCV)

Oh boy, Raven is on his way to freedom! Good going girls! (WCV)

2:58

Just barely (or bearly! LOL) caught NT going up a tree trunk! (WCV)

SharonShneyer

2:59

Connor where do we look or stay right here?

Connor Gillespie, WCV

2:59

Oh no! I was out getting Rosalie crated for a program real quick and missed the rehab team's message. They just released the Raven. Sorry about that, everyone.

Connor Gillespie, WCV

3:04

I'll zoom around and see if the Raven is sticking around. The reason we released him in the bear yards is that we have a group of ravens that tend to hang around out there, and ravens are social birds.

Deb in PA

3:04

Connor, did they take any pics of the release? Fly free beautiful Raven! Stay safe!

Connor Gillespie, WCV

3:04

I'll check

T 'n T

3:36

Sorry to bother you when everyone is so busy - and I'm looking for the raven, too- but Buddy's Cam 3 is black again. Thanks!

Haley, WCV

3:36

Should be working now!