Check out the new video clips of Munsey and Boda posted on YouTube.
Tag Archive: Kodiak Bear Cubs
It’s always fun to watch Munsey and Boda playing in the pond that’s located in the Bear Woods Habitat area. The best time of day to catch these two splashing around is between 10 am to 12 noon.
Munsey and Boda are almost 17 months old and last week they weighed in at 290-300 lbs each. Munsey discovered his first frog in the Woodland Habitat Area at Wildwood Zoo. Most every morning between 10:00 am- 12 noon you can find the cubs bathing and splashing each other in the four to six foot deep pond located in the wooded section of the bear exhibit.
I highly recommend you check out the educational programs that are offered at Wildwood Zoo! This activity helps me keep up with new information about the cubs growth and other interesting facts on the cubs.
The cubs enjoy hunting for their snack after they’ve had their breakfast and lunch. The zoo staff often hides the snacks in interesting places, so the bears develop their problem solving skills and it make life a little more interesting and exciting if the cubs have a special treat that’s always hidden or placed in a new location.
Boda (above) and Munsey really enjoyed their berry popsicle!
In the near future I’ll be creating new greeting cards and informational / photographic books on the growth and activities of Munsey and Boda. Two of my books and a selection of 20 different greeting cards can be purchased at the Wildwood Zoo store. Store hours are from 10:00 am-3:30 pm. During the summer months Wildwood Zoo opens at 7:30 am and closes at 7:30 pm.
Munsey and Boda
I will be selling and signing my books ” JP Adler Kodiak Bear Exhibit” and” Munsey & Boda 9-13 Months” along with Mary Wilson, who is author of “Wildwood Zoo Book”on Saturday June 18th at Wildwood Zoo in Marshfield, Wisconsin. So make sure to come to the Zoo Store and purchase some great zoo items as well as meet the authors that have written books about the Wildwood Zoo animals and the Kodiak bear cubs “Munsey and Boda”! I will be signing books at 11:00-11:30 am and from 12:00- 12:30 pm and again at 1:00- 1:30 pm during the Zoo Fest at Wildwood Zoo!
There are also fantastic tee shirts, toys, stuffed animals, zoo animals post cards and Munsey and Boda Greeting cards and so much more… So, I hope to see you there!
I spent a few hours photographing Munsey and Boda on June 8th, 9th and 10th. The cubs are 285 pounds and they are as active and very inquisitive about everything.
Munsey found a frog hopping around the edge of the pond that’s located in the Woodland Habitat Area. He was extremely intrigued by the frog. After playing with it and tasting it, he spit it out of his mouth and then he finally ate the little hopper!
The cubs are enjoying their four foot deep pond and spend a lot of time swimming around, munching on roots. It appears they like flossing their teeth with the roots as well. The Woodland Habitat Area pond offers the cubs an opportunity to float on their blue and red balls and multiple water fights are held on a daily basis.
From my experience the cubs seem to be very active around 10:30am to noon. That’s when I’ve found them swimming in the pond, climbing trees and chasing each other around the Woodland Habitat Area.
I just finished creating a few more new photographic books of Munsey and Boda and they will be for sale around June 20th. They will also be on sale during the 2016 NORTHWOODS ART TOUR, to learn more about this event go to northwoodsarttour.com
Mark your calendars to attend the 2016 NORTHWOODS STUDIO TOUR held on July 29th, 30 and 31st and October 7, 8 and 9th. Our select group of artist offer some of the most unique handmade creations in Wisconsin! I hope to see you see you soon!
Munsey and Boda
I will be selling my photographic Kodiak Bear Books, greeting cards, drawings, collages and photographs as well as a large selection of other artwork that ranges from abstract prints to original Intaglio prints of dragonflies, handmade made lamp worked beads to assemblages that incorporate mother boards and much more.
For more information go to this link: northwoodsarttour.com and you can also find us on Facebook.
Munsey and Boda are now 285 pounds and they are enjoying their life at Wildwood Zoo in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Today’s discovery was a little black butterfly that happened to flutter around the cubs. After a late morning nap the cubs enjoyed a wet and wild splash party in the Woodland Habitat Area followed by a game of tag. They also spent some quality time climbing 30 plus feet up one of the trees located near the pond.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=773
Check out the news article written on the Kodiak bear cubs. I’ve shared a few video’s and 300 of my photographs with biologist Nate Svoboda, to assist him with the creation of the educational signage and other educational publications for the Kodiak bear cub exhibit.
This group of photographs were taken between May 5th and May 7th, 2016. Munsey and Boda are now about 260 pounds and are 15 months old. Boda is pictured chasing a couple of ducks that kept landing in the pond located in the Woodland habitat area. At this time Boda still has blond fur on his hind quarters, while Munsey has a sold brown fur coat. It appears that Munsey’s Summer fur coat is beginning to take on a lighter color. It will be interesting to see if they both have a honey blond fur coat during the Summer months.
I continue to work on charcoal drawings, collages and photography all based on the Kodiak cubs and how they’ve survived all the adversities that have been placed before them since they’ve lost their mother in May of 2015. I’ve decided that the series of my Kodiak bear cub artwork will be titled “Kodiak Survivors”. I do have my first photographic book published and ready for sale and a selection of 20 Kodiak bear cub greeting cards. The book has 20 pages of full color photographs of the cubs from age 9 months to 13 months. The photographs are dated and share information about the cubs and how they’ve been growing and developing during those months.
Please contact me if your interested in purchasing one of my Kodiak Bear Books or greeting cards. Here two new links to news articles that have been published about Munsey and Boda.
Here’s a few photographs of the cubs that I had taken yesterday afternoon.
Check out this link to learn more about Munsey and Boda.
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