Erik Brooks's Blog, page 37

Presidential Polar Bear Post Card Project No. 267 - 10.21.16

Yes, polar bears are THAT "Big" #inktober2016 While starting life at just over a pound, adult male bears (boars) can weigh as 800-1500 pounds and adult females  (sows) somewhere between 400-700.

Presidential Polar Bear Post Card Project No. 266 - 10.20.16

#inktober2016 "Squeeze" OK, so I'm thinking polar bear hug here :) By this posting, and through the magic of #inktober inspirations, I'm actually getting ahead of my mailings to the President for the first time all year -- a fine place to be in celebrating over a year of sending polar bear art to the White House! I'll keep creating images for the rest of the month and will post them daily, but I'll stick with mailing five per week to President Obama. I'll have a requisite lag in posting for November... but the commitment remains through the first week of January. I will celebrate our first female President's official transition by NOT cluttering her mail box!

Presidential Polar Bear Post Card Project No. 265 - 10.19.16

"Flight" #inktober2016 The Tundra Swan sets off on its annual journey east to Atlantic states. The #ArcticRefuge is a summer home to many MANY birds and is the autumn origin of four North American Flyways #werarethearctic #inktober

Presidential Polar Bear Post Card Project No. 264 - 10.18.16

#inktober2016 "Escape" A supply barge in the Beaufort Sea... an apt beginning for a little bear's wandering of the world #saveourseaice #climateaction #wearethearctic

Presidential Polar Bear Post Card Project No. 263 - 10.17.16

"Battle!" #inktober2016 Adult male polar bears will posture and growl -- shove and wrestle -- to establish dominance and sometimes bicker over food or mating. 

Presidential Polar Bear Post Card Project No. 262 - 10.16.16

#inktober2016 "Wet" Too much water. Too little ice. #wearethearctic #saveourseaice #climateaction

Presidential Polar Bear Post Card Project No. 261 - 10.15.16

#inktober 2016 "Relax!" We can't afford to relax on Arctic protections... but these bears can take a little snooze now and then :) #wearethearctic #climateaction #saveourseaice #inktober

Presidential Polar Bear Post Card Project No. 260 - 10.14.16

There really are no "trees" in the Arctic. For this #inktober2016 prompt during #worldclimateweek, a small berry bush will have to do! #polarbear #arcticfox #wearethearctic

Presidential Polar Bear Post Card Project No. 259 - 10.13.16

I can't say for sure if polar bears get "scared"... We, I guess, can do that for them. #inktober2016 #worldclimateweek #wearethearctic

Harts Pass No. 319

More content for National Wildlife Refuge Week!