bearstudy's video: April 28 2009 - June s aerial act

June has climbed high into horizontal leaning birch. She walks back down the trunk until it becomes steep then turns around to finish the descent. Visit http://www.bear.org and http://www.bearstudy.org to learn more about the research and the bears who are part of it. Visit http://www.bearstudy.org/website/updates/daily-updates.html to read the nightly updates from the researchers. Description of video for visually/hearing impaired: April 28, 2009 - June (0:01) 1.29 Video is in color. Bright clear and sunny day. June is high in a old birch tree which is leaning horizontal. Camera zooms out to show how high from the ground she is, then zooms back in. June turns around and navigates through some tangled branches. She raises her front paws up off the branch and raises her head up to sniff the air. She looks around and starts to climb down the tree. June stops midway down the tree and turns her body around to continues down the tree, she then sniffs the air and walks away. ~~~~~ At the Wildlife Research Institute, biologists Lynn Rogers, Ph.D. and Sue Mansfield, M.S., along with their team of researchers, have spent over 44 years studying black bears and sharing their information with the public. Their work has been recognized as one of the four major studies of large mammals in the world. Using trust rather than traps and tranquilizers, they are conducting the longest, most detailed study of black bear behavior and ecology ever done. A focus is on reducing bear-human conflict. They share information with the public through publications, lectures, field courses, the Internet (bear.org and bearstudy.org), TV documentaries, and the North American Bear Center. The Center is dedicated to advancing the long-term survival of bear populations by replacing misconceptions with facts. Many people say these nonprofit organizations have changed their lives by giving them a better understanding about black bears and making it possible for them to fully enjoy living and hiking in bear habitat. Visit http://www.bear.org and http://www.bearstudy.org to learn more about the research and the bears who are part of it.