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Bear & mountain ash
The season of black bears eating Kokanee has passed and the creek is now quiet. The bears haven’t yet gone into torpor, but are out and about seeking food to enable them to continue fattening before their long sleep. … Continue reading
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Squirrel eating
I watched a red squirrel on a tree branch eating what looked like a cob of corn. But, this couldn’t be correct for, given the squirrel’s size, this was a tiny object. Doug Thorburn told me, “I think it … Continue reading
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Have we wild goats?
I observed two animals both of which we have given the name, goat. They were taken only about 30 km apart, although a few years separate them. Yesterday’s animal was a domesticated angora goat of the genus Capra, which … Continue reading
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Bear and fish
The local Kokanee-salmon season is winding down now, but it is not yet entirely over. There are still a few fish here spawning and a few black bears feasting on them. Of course. getting a picture of a bear … Continue reading
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Bear, fish again
Yesterday, I watched another black bear catch a Kokanee salmon to eat.
Bear, fish, reprise
This is a repetition of yesterday’s posted image, plus a slightly earlier image which gives a little insight into the bear’s grip. This is the previously posted image of a black bear taking a Kokanee salmon off to eat. … Continue reading
Bear catches fish
Today, a black bear caught a Kokanee salmon to eat.
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Bear and fish
The spawning run of Kokanee salmon is rather small this year, as it often is every third year. Yet, if one watches with patience, one occasionally sees a foraging bear catch a fish. A black bear hunts in the … Continue reading
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Walk at park
It was an interesting day for a walk in Kokanee Park. I saw: a heron, a woodpecker, and a black bear. A Great Blue Heron in breeding feathers (unlike the pre-breeding plumage show earlier). I have rarely managed a … Continue reading
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Squirrel thief
Oh well, it was getting time to take down the hummingbird feeder anyway.
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