Category: Bears

  • Sign Of Bears

    Several times a year I see a Black Bear,Ursus americanus, in my yard.  Black Bears are around nearly all the time.  I know that they’ve been around, even when I don’t see them, due to signs that they leave me. Last night I wrote a blog about how I can tell that Black Bears, Ursus americanus, have…

  • At The Watering Hole

    At The Watering Hole

    It was surprising to me, the popularity of the old watering hole, just outside my kitchen window, when the temperatures dropped. I’ve had a cool little dripper device hooked up there, for years, which has brought a nice population of birds to entertain me, wet their whistles and satisfy their thirst. We had a impressive cold…

  • Bears In The Forest

    Sighting When I arrived back home after my hike this afternoon, I saw a moving blur of coal-black. The unmistakeable blur of a quickly moving bear, trying to avoid detection. I was approaching my front steps. He was quickly entering the woods. My two cameras that I carry with me, were at the ready, but…