As bear visits wind down here, we heard that Jack again visited the feeder 9 miles away. I don’t know why he left here to go there, but last evening he ate 10 pounds of peanuts in the shell and 3 pounds of sunflower seeds.
We received pictures of Annie and her 5 cubs at one of their favorite feeders.
As I wrote that, 11-year-old Bow’s 2-year-old daughter Rachel stopped by.
Meanwhile, bears are being replaced by gray foxes (a pair hunting at dusk) and by the first mink I have seen in months.
Herring gulls are temporarily replaced by a flock of crows that will migrate themselves in a month or two.
We haven’t heard a gunshot for maybe two weeks.
Gray Fox | Mink |
Crow | Crow |
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center