At the north end of the Lake, a friend put his bird feeder out again yesterday, thinking that the bears have now retreated for the winter. Yet, among the visitors to my snow–covered yard overnight was a bear (tracks below). So, I checked some earlier images and I have seen bear tracks in the snow in my yard into the second week in December. Nevertheless, last night’s bear did not discover my bird feeder.
Bears are with us yet.
The Kootenay-Lake Website offers a discussion and more pictures of local black bears and of tracks in the snow.
Black bear tracks in the snow under a tree where the snow isn’t deep.
From there the bear tracks continue toward the Lake.
