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Hi Tom, Thank you. No, the rangers and other park employees deliberately do not use the animal nicknames, although they know who you're talking about. The park service doesn't like them to personalize the animals. Names usually come from either a characteristic of the animal, coloring or something, ...

Thanks, Rik.

Thanks so much, Nikon.
I've seen a good number of bears but not necessarily the ones I wanted to find, Obsidian and Rosie. They're hiding from me.

Slow day for me too, except for the black bear cubs.
I still haven't even gotten a glimpse of Obsidian family.
Good luck tomorrow.

Again I totally missed Obsidian and Rosie. They just don't want me to see them. But it was a fun time watching two 3-year-old cubs above the road at Calcite. They were just chasing each other as fast as they could go. Not fighting, just having fun, running one way for 100 yards or more, then turning...

Can't believe I keep missing you.
Sounds like you've been doing well.

Been having hotel internet problems and trouble getting Flickr to work, so I have to combine several days of bad pictures. So far it's been a trip of near misses and long distances for me. After I got to West Sunday evening, I took a quick trip into the park and found this bear just south of Beryl S...

Looks like fun!

Wow, wow, WOW! What a great adventure you had! Congratulations on seeing so much, and thanks for posting the fantastic pictures.
Glad the two cinnamon cubs have made it this far. They were sure fun to watch as babies.

Thank you!
Have a fun trip, and post some pictures,