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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-1514209417-1324996537=:56327 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Seasons Greeting Dusan=0AWith deer, it is the males that scratch the saplin= gs, so perhaps its the same for bears.=0AA number of years ago on Dec 27, I= was in Keji and doing the trail that goes out to Channel lake from=0ABig D= am. While walking along I meet a bear coming my way.=0AHe or was it a she? = hadn't calculated the extra pounds it put on in the fall,=0Aand when it ran= , it tried to jump over a fallen tree. It didn't make it and landed on=0Ath= e tree with a crash and a loud woooof!=0AI got a couple of nice flies from = the hair I recovered!=0AEnjoy the woods now that canoeing is difficult=0APa= ul=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Dusan Soudek <soude= kd@ns.sympatico.ca>=0ATo: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> =0ASent: Tuesd= ay, December 27, 2011 10:00:50 AM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] Black Bear scratchi= ngs ?=0A =0A=0A =0A=A0=A0 On Christmas Day I had a great opportunity to =0A= observe a large number of fresh bear scratchings on youngish hardwoods alon= g the =0Atrails in the=A0Big Pokiok Nature Park near the community of Pokio= k, N.B. =0ASome scratch locations were new,=A0whereas elsewhere trees get s= cratched =0Aevery year or so. =0A=A0=A0=A0I understand that tree scratching= s are =0Aterritorial markers.=A0There seems to be no scent associated with = the =0Ascratchings, as the two dogs in our party were totally oblivious to = them. Who =0Adoes the scratching, the males or the females? Or both? =0A=A0= =A0 Dusan Soudek ---2114655128-1514209417-1324996537=:56327 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Seasons Gr= eeting Dusan</span></div><div><span>With deer, it is the males that scratch= the saplings, so perhaps its the same for bears.</span></div><div><span>A = number of years ago on Dec 27, I was in Keji and doing the trail that goes = out to Channel lake from</span></div><div><span>Big Dam. While walking alon= g I meet a bear coming my way.</span></div><div><span>He or was it a she? h= adn't calculated the extra pounds it put on in the fall,</span></div><div><= span>and when it ran, it tried to jump over a fallen tree. It didn't make i= t and landed on</span></div><div><span>the tree with a crash and a loud woo= oof!</span></div><div><span>I got a couple of nice flies from the hair I re= covered!</span></div><div>Enjoy the woods now that canoeing is difficult</d= iv><div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br></div> <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', time= s, serif; "> <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman',= 'new york', times, serif; "> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"= 1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dusan Soudek <= ;soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:<= /span></b> NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> <br> <b><span style=3D"= font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 27, 2011 10:00:50 AM= <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NatureNS] B= lack Bear scratchings ?<br> </font> <br><meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-= control" content=3D"off"><div id=3D"yiv2091209860">=0A=0A =0A =0A<style></s= tyle>=0A=0A<div>=0A<div><font size=3D"4"> On Christmas Day I ha= d a great opportunity to =0Aobserve a large number of fresh bear scratching= s on youngish hardwoods along the =0Atrails in the Big Pokiok Nature P= ark near the community of Pokiok, N.B. =0ASome scratch locations were new,&= nbsp;whereas elsewhere trees get scratched =0Aevery year or so. </font></di= v>=0A<div><font size=3D"4"> I understand that tree scratch= ings are =0Aterritorial markers. There seems to be no scent associated= with the =0Ascratchings, as the two dogs in our party were totally oblivio= us to them. Who =0Adoes the scratching, the males or the females? Or both? = </font></div>=0A<div><font size=3D"4"> Dusan Soudek</font></div= ></div>=0A</div><meta http-equiv=3D"x-dns-prefetch-control" content=3D"on">= <br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html> ---2114655128-1514209417-1324996537=:56327--
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