Bluebell

Stories About Bluebell

Note: Many of our posts are collections of stories about multiple animals at Earthfire. The animal you’re looking for may not be shown in these post previews, but each post does contain a relevant story.

Snapshots of Earthfire

Earthfire Institute November 19, 2019

Between getting ready for winter and speaking at a variety of events, we’ve been especially busy lately. But Dante Rios, our animal caretaker, has been delighting us with beautiful pictures of our animal residents. Please enjoy! (Click to enlarge)

Foxes on the Run

Dawn Harrison August 6, 2019

Foxes Sprite and Ghost got to enjoy some beautiful weather while stretching their legs in one of the animal gardens. Ghost took his cues from his elder at most turns, many times with a look that seemed to say “Wait for me!” But when he decided to go swimming, he

The Softer Side of Sally the Chicken

Dawn Harrison and Susan B. Eirich, PhD April 2, 2019

Sally the Chicken was on the office porch as she often is, sunning herself, when something told me she wanted attention. When I bent to pet her, she tucked her body and gave me a look that said, “Well come on, pick me up.” So I did. I was expecting

Bluebell, a Displeased Bison, and Other Earthfire Stories

Susan B. Eirich, PhD November 17, 2018

Foffy the Mustang, Garrett the Farrier, and Bluebell the Displeased Bison Bluebell was not pleased. It is not good when Bluebell is not pleased. She is a massive, powerful, assertive matriarch with very large horns and a bit of an attitude. The horse-shoer pulled his truck up to the paddock

An ADHD Bear and His Pineapple

Susan B. Eirich, PhD November 8, 2018

I offered Teton a slice of fresh pineapple. He looked at it with disdain. Didn’t bother to even sniff it, just walked away. Stately. He is a mango and pear sort of bear. Humble Bumble, on the other hand, got that special look in his eye as he saw his

Taking the Temperature of a Goat, and Other Earthfire Stories

Susan B. Eirich, PhD June 20, 2018

Adrianna the goat wasn’t feeling well in the evening. She refused to get up. She had diarrhea. Worried, we called the vet. “Was she wormed? Was she vaccinated? Take her temperature and call us in the morning.” Easier said than done. Taking the temperature of a feisty goat regardless of

Bison eating hay with a piece of broken orange utility fence stuck on her horn

Bluebell The Buffalo takes her duties as Watch Bison Seriously

Susan B. Eirich, PhD December 18, 2017

When the winter winds blow fiercely, snow drifts pile up in the Wildlife Garden so high that the wolves can just walk straight out of the Garden. In order to keep it open for them all winter, we put up a snow fence: a perforated orange plastic strip that lets