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Index of Subjects Hi Rick, May 5, 2012 I know very little about bears but that dung looks relatively unweathered suggesting aged less than 2 months. Yt, DW, Kentville ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Whitman" <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 6:00 PM Subject: [NatureNS] A Bear Story >I have a bear story & I'm hoping that Paul MacDonald & anyone else who > knows something about this will comment. Today Bernard Forsythe & I > were travelling thru some woods, well off trail. Purely by chance I > came upon a Black Bear bed. This was just a nicely rounded hollow in > the ground in a very well-drained piece of pure deciduous woods. > Bernard pointed out it would be almost wind-free. The only reason I > found this bed was that there were 7 separate piles of bear poop on 2 > sides of the bed, all within 2 m of the actual bed, and some 1 m. He > didn't go very far to take a dump ! Mainly due to this, Bernard & I > both suspected that this was a winter bed ("den"), despite the > complete lack of cover. Is this possible ? > > I have photos of the bed, the poop, and a track from the nearest woods > road. The sticks around the bed are as they were. The bed is between > them, actually. > > http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Mammals/17300243_qb7fkF#!i=1828951828&k=8b6SwSh > > Rick Whitman > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2411/4976 - Release Date: 05/03/12 >
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