Doing secret bear stuff. Don’t reveal this to anyone outside of this page. It’s top secret bear stuff! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgnFQgB3-ag

The last few weeks we have been having a problem with our resident duck Duckie. He has been CROSSING the street to hang out at a neighbors pond with some ducks over there. Susan has had to go and get him a number of times. And then the other night he never came home. Very upsetting. We were sure he was gone. That a predator had gotten him. But no - he was there, across the street again. Susan was very worried. Someone gave Susan some ducks almost ten years ago. Duckie is the very last survivor. He is very smart. He usually comes inside at night ...but if not - he goes out and sleeps on a big rock in the middle of the pond so the predators can't get him. When the pond freezes over he moves into the barn. He is almost more pet than wild duck and he has been here forever! Susan decided he was lonely. None of the ducks HERE on our pond were his species. Solution? Mel found two female ducks that needed a place to be and LOOK HOW HAPPY Duckie is again. Hopefully he can teach the girls what to do. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D08gWWKqdug

We had one little squirrel that could not be released in time and needs to be over-wintered. We were sad that he might have to spend all those months alone...but this week another rehabber posted about two that she had to over-winter, and now all three are here and will have each other as companions. This makes us so happy! Please consider a donation to help us in our work! We can’t do it without you! http://OrphanedWildlife.org - check out our online holidays auctions: https://www.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/orphaned-wildlife-center--18066 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM55bPp16Zs

So last week on Facebook we auctioned off some beautiful pendants donated to us by our friend Tawnie. We offered to put some bear hair inside (from their favorite bear) to truly making it a bear “token”....very cool. The winners choices were Leo and Jimbo for the hair that they wanted. So at night, once all the bears came in, we sent Jim inside their den area to snip some hair. Normally we just brush them, but this time of year they aren’t shedding LOL. So Jim went in and snipped some LEO hair and some of the white of his “collar” for the pendants. Leo was all like “it’s tough being a superstar”. Thank you to the winning bidders. They donated a total of almost $800 - which is a HUGE help around here! And thank you Leo for being so gracious about being so famous. :) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW3wLbTgFWo