The answer is that they were always here, but as goslings. In the three weeks I was away, they went from this:
To this:
Remarkable. Now Bob, Fred and Flip have some company.Meanwhile our blind woodchuck was sent to the vet.
Upon closer analysis, it appears that he was not involved with any sort of human accident or run in with a predator, but was simply born without eyes. He was moved in with Softscrub, our resident woodchuck (with eyes), and they seem to get along well enough. According to Pam, who knows Softscrub better than anyone else, he sometimes gets annoyed at the blind woodchuck for tagging at his heels all the time.
Softscrub
their shared enclosureThree of our bear cubs were moved into a larger enclosure.
Lucky is always braver than the other two.
Lucky took a seizure recently, but a checkup from the vet showed there was no harm done. All three bears seem to be growing and healthy.
In a little while, we will move all three at once into Baloo's enclosure, so the cubs can have experience with an older, wiser bear.
a group of raccoons curiously watch Barry cut some wood
