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I would like to share with you a rather harrowing experience that I had when
doing a bird survey yesterday. I had driven down an overgrown woods road on
Browns Mountain near the Antigonish-Pictou Counties line. At one point I got
out of my truck, looking for some of the local breeding birds and was
pishing for some warblers in the nearby trees and shrubs. I then heard
something large moving through the brush to my right in the woods. I assumed
it was a deer running away, something that often occurs in this area.
However, I then realized it was not rushing away but coming towards me. At
this point, I decided to move quickly back to my truck which was 20-30
metres away. Just as I got to my truck, an adult Black Bear burst from the
trees on to the road, exactly where I had just stood pishing. It looked
around, saw me and the truck, and disappeard on the other side of the road.
Within a couple of seconds, another adult bear burst from the woods, and a
few second after that, a third. These two also disappeared again into the
brush.
I can think of three possible explanations for this incidence.
1) The bears were attracted by the pishing sound and came to investigate
2) The bears were engaged in some territorial interaction (it is now
their rutting season) and I was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time
3) The bears were predatory (which would be a first in Nova Scotia).
I would be interested in hearing anyone else's explanation about the
possible reason for this incidence.
John
PS. I did report this incidence to NS DNR.
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vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal>I would =
like to share with you a rather harrowing experience that I had when =
doing a bird survey yesterday. I had driven down an overgrown woods road =
on Browns Mountain near the Antigonish-Pictou Counties line. At one =
point I got out of my truck, looking for some of the local breeding =
birds and was pishing for some warblers in the nearby trees and shrubs. =
<span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans =
MS";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> <span lang=3DEN-US>I then heard =
something large moving through the brush to my right in the woods. I =
assumed it was a deer running away, something that often occurs in this =
area. However, I then realized it was not rushing away but coming =
towards me. At this point, I decided to move quickly back to my truck =
which was 20-30 metres away. Just as I got to my truck, an adult Black =
Bear burst from the trees on to the road, exactly where I had just stood =
pishing. It looked around, saw me and the truck, and disappeard on the =
other side of the road. Within a couple of seconds, another adult bear =
burst from the woods, and a few second after that, a third. These two =
also disappeared again into the brush.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p =
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class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US =
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MS";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>I can think of three possible =
explanations for this incidence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
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