Photographer & Videographer ©Dawn L. Brown Sole Proprietor dba A Bears Second Chance

I had a nice time being a vendor at the fly in/fly-buy up in Greenville Maine ,and I'm happy to say I did well selling my photography /photos :-)
Just posting some new photos, and my Bear rain data... I tried to update on my fb page ,but was having severe glitches - I am on Rumble now; because I couldn't post on my fb page = it was buffering, and taking forever - hopefully it goes smoothy on my rumble site :-)
Posting updates, and prior post;that I did have on my fb page.
September 5, 2022: Rain = all 6 of my bears are treed: Gadsden, Worrier, Trooper, Spirit, Kiedra, Thunder
I recorded and took photos; that being real data = that is what I do = I try to back up all my observations with my real time observations to the best of my ability photos and video/filming.
Note: If I were to put attractive supplements out during light rain – the bears would - odds are -potentially come down ; that have been accustomed to their surroundings , and they would eat quickly , and then tree again/safety mechanism ,but if I do Not put supplements out – the bears will indeed stay treed , and NOT come down until the rain subsides for the most part = If I test my assumptions – it is always good for me to gain/get valid results = repetitive observations is what I focus my attention on and have for years – The learning never stops for me, and I try to stay humble and assertive Lord willing . Note: My bears will NOT just come out of tree i.e., if trying to get baited trapped, and others are around in the process, but NOTE: my bears will come down – if I am the only presence = There is without a doubt in my mind these bears indeed trust me, and there is a bond. Education to me is stepping outside of the box like I do and learn and not allow myself to be caught up in anything that can disrupt my sight.
Foot Notes: I never had a cub stay up in trees for an extended time several days /or a week at a time - outside of being rain, high winds 1st snow using their safety mechanisms = telling them to tree. (Note: My bears tree often to forage as well, nap... but NOTE: I am talking about staying up in the tree and not wanting to come down - for anyone who misunderstands what I am saying!
Good News Everyone; Saturday August 27th 2022 /bout a week ago I had moved Spirit ,Kiedra, Thunder in with Gadsden, Warrior, Trooper into my 5 acres , and I got to say - it was interesting = Thunder went over onto my 2 acre side Northward, and went up in a huge Oak tree ,and though I didn’t realize at that moment – she would stay up in that tree for 3 days and not come down ,and then when she did decide to come down – it was for a very short time – only to go up in another big oak tree a few feet from the one she was in – Gosh I worried; being of course - what Moms do, and sure I prayed a lot asking God to let me humble and try to step back and think about things; because I never really had something quite like this happen = I never had cub stay up in trees for an extended time - outside of being rain ,high winds 1st snow using their safety mechanisms = telling them to tree.
NOTE: My bears tree often to forage as well, nap... but please NOTE: I am talking about staying up in the tree and not wanting to come down - for anyone who misunderstands what I am saying!
Long story short – she saw the other bears being curious and what not = her adopted siblings, and having never been in with Gadsden, Worrier, trooper – Thunder was a bit skeptical on the whole situation thus treeing and staying there! ;though she had been in with Kiedra & Spirit – she wasn’t 100% sure about the other 3 having not been in with them before - none the less – Thunder was not coming out of that tree ,and so - I decided to separate her from the others = I put a gate up between – thus giving her 2 acres, and the others 3 acres temporarily – So, I could monitor a bit better, and see if she would come down from the tree. The other bears are certainly a bit bigger than her, and I think she automatically treed nervously /instinctive actions within her, but it sure didn’t put me at any ease… I put food at the bottom of the big ol’ Oak tree, and some water - trying to coax her down ,but she did not come down to eat until Thursday evening /around dusk too eat and drink, and I saw her from a distance – her silhouette , and oh how I prayed giving thanks to my Lord for comforting me from my worries, and now even more happy news - Thunder is moving around exploring ,but still trees – she was in another tree this morning clear on the other side of my 2 acres. Note: Spirit & Kiedra also treed for a couple days in the beginning – up in a maple tree, and were nervous too, but did come down eventually, and have an understanding with the other 3 – a few pecking orders occurred with the others, and everything has been sorted out - knowing their boundaries with one another - all of them now have been getting along well, and the next step is to get Thunder comfortable enough – so I can take the center gate down, but I am going to give her a bit of time and she can see them on the other side - hopefully everything will adjust properly and they will work it out – time will tell…
I sure pray that Rush, Clover, Bold, Curious, Star are doing well living in the wild, and that they make it through hunting season – Praying that the natural food is abundant and doing well where they were released.
I am Living Life - Praying Often - Giving Thanks for Much - Staying Strong - Staying Fearless - Always saying what is on my mind even if it doesn't benefit me - Keeping my standards in place - Keeping My conscience clear - Amen
Life Liberty & The pursuit of Happiness
Prior post: Posted my video, photography, data published on my Ruble site 8/16/2022
https://rumble.com/v1g5rcv-photographer-and-videographer-dawn-l.-brown-sole-proprietor-dba-a-bears-sec.html
My focus is to observe my cubs , and document my care, and bear cub , yearling behavioral observations/data,...I do supplement my cubs daily, and fill 2 tubs with clean water 2Xdaily - I will be glad when the autumnal equinox arrives and fills my 2 vernal pools with an abundance of water = they have 2 beautiful vernal pools full of water in the spring , and then again in the fall, and I can take the tubs out. I gather natural food for them as well; though they get natural food in my 5 acres too = I make sure; that their natural instinctive foraging behavior is not compromised, thus I gather natural food as much as I can. I clean my cubs out 2Xdaily in my midsize pen and in my 5 acres = I clean poop. I have got to say - my beautiful cubs have it made in the shade...Life is good
All my cubs have natural instinctive
foraging skills = I introduce natural
food from the early beginnings = even
when I have them as young
neonates, and am bottle feeding cubs
at a young age of development, and as
soon as natural food appears I gather
it - early spring, and even though
cubs are born in the Winter it is
essential for me to get anything I can
1st sign of natural foods - The buds on the maple trees
seem to be one of the 1st foods sources
to arrive, and then Greenup = other
buds, leaves, dandelion
greens/grasses,.. Natural food
enhances their instinctive traits that
they have within them –
without faulter = they use
their skills – so they will work during
their foraging techniques.
Note: I don’t believe any young cub –
that I, raise Into Yearlings - will
ever die of starvation in the wild -
Sadly, other causes have happened to
some, but their skills regarding foraging
and having enough habitat
fairly secluded is a plus ; Because I
raise my cubs allowing them to be
bears I have been
able to document their
extraordinary repetitive wild foraging
capabilities, and other behavioral data
over the years, and I have backed up all
my data = I am confident with what the
bears have taught me over the years, and
Lord knows I continue to learn from
them, and I learn from ups and downs
and pick myself back up from any trials and
errors, and those who think they know
it all - may want to step back and
review - Just saying…Don’t ever
underestimate what knowledge and
cautionary insight provides – it is
worth much more than jewels.
©Dawn L. Brown Sole Proprietor
dba A Bears Second Chance
I photograph & record - video/film
The Very Bears that I care for &
Observe at Home Sweet Home
No one is to print, copy my
photography, nor copy, download any
of my recordings and data; that I
have gathered in Real-time
= it is all copy written

8-13-2022
Well Everyone, I will try to work on putting together some of my video/recordings over the weekend , and get them on my Rumble site, but in the meantime ;I am posting a few awesome pics; that I took of my beautiful bears - Thunder is getting along now with Spirit - the most ,but also Kiedra, and I will get them in with the others either this weekend /or next weekend - in with Gadsden , Worrier, Trooper whom I am having so much fun observing. I have been gathering natural goodies for them too and all I can say- is - that they are awesome foragers as all my bears are! I sure pray that Rush, Clover, Curious, Bold, Star are doing well living their life in the wild now, and I have no worries about their natural skills; that they have in place - it looks to be a good Blackberry crop, and the acorns are doing great, and all I can say - is - that my cubs are digging everywhere, and rolling over rocks, logs eating ants larvae, roots,....as well, and I am sure the yearlings nearing 2 years /they will turn in Jan, Feb this winter - if all goes well; they will be in great condition because of their innate skills.
Well - me & the hubby have been eating lots of vegetables from our garden and we are trying to get our wood stoves worked on a bit/prep repair work - making sure everything is in tiptop shape - changing out fire blocks ...cleaning, painting...
I am Living Life - Praying Often - Giving Thanks for Much - Staying Strong - Staying Fearless - Always saying what is on my mind even if it doesn't benefit me - Keeping my standards in place - Keeping My conscience clear - Amen
Life Liberty & The pursuit of Happiness
8-6-2022
Well Everyone, Hopefully I don't have any fb glitches - I am Posting a few amazing pics I got of my beautiful - Gadsden, Warrior, Trooper they are loving their bear lives, and I am still in awe when I photograph and observe them = I never get tired of it, and I reminisce of past bears too - oh how they continue to teach me through this journey, and how they have so many similarities of one another - yet, they have their own animality's too. I have been recording as often as I can – so, as to back up my data...I promise; that I will add some of my video recording and more photos to my Rumble site when I have time - Please be patient. I worked over on my 2 acre side and it is ready to open up, but I want to 1st get Spirit, Kiedra & Thunder in with Gadsden,Warrior,Trooper for a while in one side, and then eventually open all 5 of my acres up to them. I have been pretty busy one way /or another working installing floors, or working at Home sweet Home, doing errands shopping... WOW food prices are going through the roof! So glad our vegetable Garden is doing real well, and we are trying to stock up effectively and efficiently my flower garden is doing well too, but I've had to water more often - no complaints = the sun makes everything grow big-time, and I gotta say I'm very thankful for the rains that the Lord passes through from time to time
Right now it is so darn hot out - I am back inside and chilling out watching the western station with the hubby & pups.
Have a great weekend everyone!
8-1-2022
Said I would update some photos of my beautiful bears Gadsden, Worrier, Trooper & Spirit, Kiedra, Little Thunder (click through photos to see them
Hi, everyone - I haven’t been on fb for a while – taking time off from it – real busy! Thanks for your patience...Posting some feathered creatures I was able to get some pretty good photos of - I gotta say
I will certainly add some of my bear pics later, but for now posting these.
I figured I would update some too keep you informed on what’s going on – Good news; I put Gadsden, Worrier & trooper In my big pen a week ago , and it thankfully went very well they went in half of it - that is - for now = my 3 acre side, and I will open up the middle sometime – so they can go into my other side – total of 5 acres happy bear sanctuary ;I need to do just a bit more work on the other side + I want to get the other 3 in there eventually within a couple weeks of possible ,and yep – I am sure am happy to say I was able to get my little thunder in with Spirit & Kiedra in one of my midsize pens ,and they are getting along so, so…A few pecking orders, but it is settling down some, and they are tolerating one another, and I am sure all will be fine.
I just want to say that I spend time working at home sweet home with my hubby = Us gardening, yard work, and simply other regular chores as well - that takes time… and of course pup time with Tracker & Scout, and Yes - Scout did go to the vet, and is taking antibiotics, and other treatments for his feet and I will be taking him back for a checkup soon – he seems to be feeling better. I like the vet I have now, and certainly liked my prior vet that retired as well, and miss all of them, but happy to say that the new clinic I am going to - are all very nice and professional too.
Back to my bears – in between the time I spend working with my bears, I try to go to shows = I am a vendor and hope tomorrow the 31st of July at the village green in Belgrade I do well selling my photography/photos and other vendors do well too! It is tough these days on tiny businesses like my bear business = I photograph the very bears I care for and observe at Home Sweet Home and sell my photography/photos - it is competitive and that is okay, but sadly inflation is NOT helping anyone!
(I obviously work installing floors as you all should know too, and that business I own with my hubby - we are subcontractors/only shareholders and have been installing floors for 22 years together)
Note: It would be nice to make a bit more earnings with my bear business = The time; that I spend on them is immense – just saying – I couldn’t put a price/$ figure on it = facts!
Anyway - I am supplementing my bears some because I have too with the amount I have ,but I sure do try to gather as much natural food as I possibly can ,and clean water 2X at least within a 24 hr. time frame , cleaning poop , gathering small trees ,boughs,…and of course monitoring their innate skills and behavioral patterns ,foraging ,and photographing, and recording them – it is to be reckoned that from my observations – the bears I care for and observe have their similarities I have recorded repetitively , but they certainly have their individual animalities too that I record = I can raise them all the same and have bears be different - They are growing , and it can be time consuming trying to have their natural food intake higher than supplement ,but I sure do my best and the raspberries are not doing as well as I hoped ,but the blackberry crop looks to be good – only if the rains pass through, and I gather dandelion greens ,grasses ,forbs…and they are going after roots, larvae … in my big pen.
I also got to say a few other things that are on my mind, and that is : I sure am praying for many out there and it is so heartbreaking that our government is often like fire as I have said before – Hey, why is a 68 year old grandmother that was in the capital on January 6th whom was doing nothing wrong - mind you ; going to a prison in California ? as others whom still have not been tried from Jan 6th are sadly sitting in prison In Washington DC/the swamp as well ,While the administration continues to allow drug cartel ,human trafficking ,gangs, and others whom believe nothing about the rule of law over the border – with what kind of papers? This administration lets Real criminals out of prison as well, and puts them back out on the streets, … This needs to stop Now! We The People are AWAKE NOT WOKE! Why are we sending billions for Ukraine, when they are losing the fight against Russia = wasn’t the $ supposed to go to the fight/the people, to protect the Ukrainian people /or is most of it going to all else - within the corruption that we all know indeed exist within the Ukrainian government…, and we all know it ! NOTE: Let me make myself clear I pray for all the innocent citizens over there, but I will never defend corruption is that understood!
On another NOTE: As you all know many of us in Maine received a check from the State. I received a check as did my hubby. I clearly said government needs to stop printing $, and some took me out of context – others who are receiving a check as well - Let me make myself clear = I realize the money being sent is my $ and all other Individuals in this state out there, that paid in.
NOTE: I am going to take it as well as my hubby and because it is ours ,and I am sure all others are going to as well , but I sure wasn’t going too – because odds are - none of us would be getting $ if The State of Maine and other States weren’t taking an enormous amount of FEDERAL MONIES , and anyone who can’t seem to connect the dots – I’m sorry, but you are naïve and foolish- Just saying.
I believe there is going to be a Red Wave 2022 and sure will be thankful ,but I sure want to make myself clear and that is I don’t trust either side Dems, or Repubs ; that want to print more $ /out of control spending for an agenda :The Great Reset ,whom want to regulate , control The people whom believe in The Constitution, Bill of Rights ,and The Declaration of Independence - a government as such will lose going against these rights = The people will not stand for a tyrannical Government in the this great country! We are all Individuals with a mind of our own created /natures Law, and NOT collective /socialist communist. Our Founders knew the dangers and that is why they put so much thought into these amazing rights and documents of The United States of America to protect her.
I am Living Life - Praying Often - Giving Thanks for Much - Staying Strong - Staying Fearless - Always saying what is on my mind even if it doesn't benefit me - Keeping my standards in place - Keeping My conscience clear - Amen
Life Liberty & The pursuit of Happiness

Hi everyone, I just went on fb about 10 minutes /or so off & on, and I figured I would update just a bit. My beautiful cubs are doing great! and I sure am happy to say that my little Thunder is growing too and feeling so much better! I put her outside on (The 4th) Happy late Independence Day - Something I am strong believer in for sure - The declaration Independence is an amazing document god bless that & The Bill of Rights and The Constitution of The United States of America -these truths and rights are more important than ever – living in the times we all are.
Anyway, I’ve been real busy working one form /or another – the time I spend taking care of and observing my bears is to be reckoned and much $ I have spent and hope my photography sales do well at upcoming shows. The last show was slow for all vendors – just stating facts. I am trying to think positive though and hope all tiny businesses and retailers do well, and I just finished a real big flooring job with my hubby and we sure are glad to be done with that!! Now we are trying to catch up with garden work, yard work and the list goes on…Pups are doing great and tracker is amazing – going to be 15 this August and scout is a beautiful dog, but has some foot flareups from time to time; I clean his toes and put socks on him ,but need to take him to the vet again – he was treated in the past for these issues. I spend about 5 hrs. a day= morning, and afternoon/evening tending to my little ones … I have been gathering natural foods + I supplement and, water, clean…and my Little Thunder certainly kept me going with some worry, and extended time and I am so glad she is doing well now and feeling great!
Something else is on my mind – just saying!
I can’t believe the Biden administration is going after gas stations /small mom & pop stores – interesting what this irresponsible radical administration goes after, and what they don’t! Did you all hear about a man trying to defend himself from a thug – yet he is put in prison with an outrageous bale ,and yet there are 2 illegals that were going to commit massive crime on the 4th read this daily wire link: https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-2-illegal-aliens-arrested-in-alleged-mass-shooting-plot-on-july-4th-celebration-had-guns
Well, I am signing off for now and will try to add some more of my pics & video to my Rumble site – I simply have not had time to do it with everything else going on. I have not been spending much time on fb social media for other reasons – just saying…