Comments on: Our bear woke up http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/ Country life at 7,000 feet Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:27:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: mum-bear http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-545 mum-bear Thu, 01 May 2008 15:05:25 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-545 Spring is really there when old friends like the neighborhood bear reappears. I never realized they turned feet under as they picked them up to walk. I hope he didn't find too many changes in the areaa. Spring is really there when old friends like the neighborhood bear reappears. I never realized they turned feet under as they picked them up to walk. I hope he didn’t find too many changes in the areaa.

]]> By: Anonymous http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-530 Anonymous Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:47:12 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-530 that last was me again.... that last was me again….

]]> By: Anonymous http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-529 Anonymous Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:46:34 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-529 oh, this will make you laugh :D. We've been up in this area way longer than most people (suburbia has encroached, sadly, and the bears and cougars keep their distance now), and so we still keep a bone bag in the deep freeze.... Except, the other day, it was found in the fridge.... WHOOPS! oh, this will make you laugh :D. We’ve been up in this area way longer than most people (suburbia has encroached, sadly, and the bears and cougars keep their distance now), and so we still keep a bone bag in the deep freeze…. Except, the other day, it was found in the fridge…. WHOOPS!

]]> By: Paula in BC http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-528 Paula in BC Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:43:32 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-528 I wondered -- I'm used to the color variations (they come in all colours up in BC, too - we even have the fancy schmancy Kermode Spirit bears (a white genetic mutation) on the coast ;) but the scraggly hair was half mimicking a hump, and so I was confused! I THOUGHT it should be a black bear, but then I wondered! Thanks. I wondered — I’m used to the color variations (they come in all colours up in BC, too - we even have the fancy schmancy Kermode Spirit bears (a white genetic mutation) on the coast ;) but the scraggly hair was half mimicking a hump, and so I was confused! I THOUGHT it should be a black bear, but then I wondered! Thanks.

]]> By: Paula in BC http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-525 Paula in BC Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:41:37 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-525 Ok, I live in Bear country, too, but I need to verify: is that a grizz or a black bear? It almost looks like it has a grizzly build, but with the recently dehibernated physique, I'm not sure. S/he is beautiful, regardless. Paula, it's just a black bear--they come in lots of colors here. Ok, I live in Bear country, too, but I need to verify: is that a grizz or a black bear? It almost looks like it has a grizzly build, but with the recently dehibernated physique, I’m not sure. S/he is beautiful, regardless.

Paula, it’s just a black bear–they come in lots of colors here.

]]> By: Merry http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-524 Merry Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:17:25 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-524 I love seeing your countryside, animals and your way of life. Check out my blog if you ever have time or the desire. I live in North Florida. http://merrygeorge.typepad.com/my_weblog/ I love seeing your countryside, animals and your way of life. Check out my blog if you ever have time or the desire. I live in North Florida.

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]]> By: Jackie W. http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-523 Jackie W. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:35:07 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-523 We saw a bear on our bus tour to the lower Yellowstone Park tour. We saw a bear on our bus tour to the lower Yellowstone Park tour.

]]> By: Alice http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-522 Alice Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:58:19 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-522 Barb, the guardrail is 30 inches high, so I think he's about 48" long...but he seems bigger. We follow bear rules like everyone else: garbage and dogfood is kept inside, watch the grease build-up in the grill, and don't compost food waste outside. Birdfeeders have to be taken in every night. There are a lot of bears around here--I'll find out how many for another post--but I think most people feel lucky to have them around. Barb, the guardrail is 30 inches high, so I think he’s about 48″ long…but he seems bigger. We follow bear rules like everyone else: garbage and dogfood is kept inside, watch the grease build-up in the grill, and don’t compost food waste outside. Birdfeeders have to be taken in every night. There are a lot of bears around here–I’ll find out how many for another post–but I think most people feel lucky to have them around.

]]> By: ValleyGirl http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-521 ValleyGirl Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:57:43 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-521 I'm not sure I'd be so excited about a bear living nearby!! Very cool to see occasionally, but not something I'd want to be able to see out my window on a regular basis, I don't think! Awesome shots! I’m not sure I’d be so excited about a bear living nearby!! Very cool to see occasionally, but not something I’d want to be able to see out my window on a regular basis, I don’t think! Awesome shots!

]]> By: Shirley in Iowa http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-520 Shirley in Iowa Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:56:18 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/our-bear-woke-up/2008/04/27/#comment-520 He looks a little lean after his winter nap. No wonder he's out looking for food ... Do you take precautions with your trash? I don't know if I would enjoy having a bear so close to my home and outbuildings. I think I would prefer if the neighborhood bear were rarely seen, except for tracks. He looks a little lean after his winter nap. No wonder he’s out looking for food …

Do you take precautions with your trash? I don’t know if I would enjoy having a bear so close to my home and outbuildings. I think I would prefer if the neighborhood bear were rarely seen, except for tracks.

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