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Gull and fish
The Ring-billed Gull is so common in the late summer and fall that it becomes almost invisible. It is just here and it is usually around the water. Yet, now and then, it provides delightful views. Such was the … Continue reading
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Season to change
There have been feeding activities over the last few weeks which will soon vanish. After all, the season is changing with the result that ospreys are migrating and black bears are fattening up and will eventually hibernate. Vanishing are … Continue reading
Bear eats Kokanee
From late August until early November is the season to watch both black bears and grizzly bears go after Kokanee fish in local creeks, rivers, and lakes. The bears are fattening up in preparation for their long hibernation through … Continue reading
Heron & mallard
This morning, a heron swallowed a baby mallard. Now, I have got to admit that the Great Blue Herons I have watched will eat just about anything they can swallow whole. And this is what it did to the … Continue reading
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Grizzly & Kokanee
A (female?) grizzly bear wandered by and began feeding on Kokanee salmon. Before wandering off, it had eaten perhaps a dozen Kokanee. A few days ago, I looked at black bears eating Kokanee. I think the grizzly bear was … Continue reading
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A week late
Late August is the time to start watching the Kokanee salmon run and all the results from it. Some of the results, the bears eating fish, has been diminished perhaps largely by the repaving on the road. This activity … Continue reading
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Osprey & chick
Yesterday, an osprey was sitting in a tree contemplating a headless fish. Not far away, but in a nest above the Lake, was his partner and their one chick. This male osprey had stopped by the tree to eat … Continue reading
Heron & fish
The Great Blue Heron is a patient bird. Yesterday, it spent an hour on a dock ramp just watching for a fish before it caught a small meal. This seems to be an adult female heron. It has a … Continue reading
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Bear ate wasps
This posting started just as yesterday’s did: watching black bears hunt and sometimes catching Kokanee in a stream. At the end, it took an unexpected and speculative turn. At first the lone black bear was really high in a … Continue reading →