After you make your reservation, feel free to ask the guest service agent to transfer you to the Concierge Desk. If you like, she will also mail you brochures on your chosen activities. The Concierge Desk is located in the Main Lobby, and at extension 7775. From friendly and abundant squirrels and chipmunks to the more elusive black bear, bobcat, fox, and mountain lion, Big Bear Lake and its surrounding valleys and mountains have an abundance of wildlife. It is not unusual to see deer grazing alongside mountain roads at daybreak or dusk.
Coyotes are plentiful both in town and around the valley.
At night the wiley and nocturnal raccoon may visit your porch in search of a misplaced cookie or dog kibble. The skies are full of feathered friends, from the meek and flighty Chickadee to the bold and brazen Blue Jay perched overhead and chiding you into sharing your picnic. The lake and surrounding marshlands, including a new wildfowl habitat complete with over the water walkway, are a haven for Mallards, Wood Ducks, Canvasbacks, Cormorants, Teals, and Coots. Even the Heron, Pelican, and Seagull show up occasionally to share in this beak and bill paradise called Big Bear. Overhead and in the trees surrounding Big Bear Lake the American Bald Eagle calls Big Bear home from November through April.