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Hi Rick=0AAn interesting find - I always liked bears.=A0=0ASounds like a ma=
le bear who wouldn't need cover for the cubs.=0AAn old woodsman - full of w=
oods wisdom - once told me to find dens=0Alook where the bear vomited late =
in the fall. At that time they become so fat the=0Aintestine becomes plugge=
d and they cann't defecate so vomit all the undigested food.=0AThe old hunt=
ers knew the den was in the vicinity so would look for it.=0AThese fellows =
knew a lot of nature stuff - they read nature not books or google LOL=0AAny=
way my guess would be this was a male who for some reason had come out=0Aof=
hibernation early and decided to go back after a spell, found a nice spot=
=0Aand had a sleep.=0AI'm not sure if DNR - Jenn Madden perhaps could analy=
sis the poop to see what=0Ait was eating, mushrooms would mean fall, nuts t=
he winter.=0AGreat story anyway - Wouldn't want to trip over him!=0AHave a =
nice spring=0APaul=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Rick W=
hitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com>=0ATo: naturens <naturens@chebucto=
.ns.ca> =0ASent: Friday, May 4, 2012 6:00:58 PM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] A Bea=
r Story=0A =0AI have a bear story & I'm hoping that Paul MacDonald & anyone=
else who=0Aknows something about this will comment. Today Bernard Forsythe=
& I=0Awere travelling thru some woods, well off trail. Purely by chance I=
=0Acame upon a Black Bear bed. This was just a nicely rounded hollow in=0At=
he ground in a very well-drained piece of pure deciduous woods.=0ABernard p=
ointed out it would be almost wind-free. The only reason I=0Afound this bed=
was that there were 7 separate piles of bear poop on 2=0Asides of the bed,=
all within 2 m of the actual bed, and some 1 m. He=0Adidn't go very far to=
take a dump ! Mainly due to this, Bernard & I=0Aboth suspected that this w=
as a winter bed ("den"), despite the=0Acomplete lack of cover. Is this poss=
ible ?=0A=0AI have photos of the bed, the poop, and a track from the neares=
t woods=0Aroad. The sticks around the bed are as they were. The bed is betw=
een=0Athem, actually.=0A=0Ahttp://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Mammals/17=
300243_qb7fkF#!i=3D1828951828&k=3D8b6SwSh=0A=0ARick Whitman
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<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>Hi Rick</s=
pan></div><div><span>An interesting find - I always liked bears. </spa=
n></div><div><span>Sounds like a male bear who wouldn't need cover for the =
cubs.</span></div><div><span>An old woodsman - full of woods wisdom - once =
told me to find dens</span></div><div><span>look where the bear vomited lat=
e in the fall. At that time they become so fat the</span></div><div><span>i=
ntestine becomes plugged and they cann't defecate so vomit all the undigest=
ed food.</span></div><div><span>The old hunters knew the den was in the vic=
inity so would look for it.</span></div><div><span>These fellows knew a lot=
of nature stuff - they read nature not books or google LOL</span></div><di=
v><span>Anyway my guess would be this was a male who for some reason had co=
me out</span></div><div><span>of hibernation early and decided to go
back after a spell, found a nice spot</span></div><div><span>and had a sle=
ep.</span></div><div>I'm not sure if DNR - Jenn Madden perhaps could analys=
is the poop to see what</div><div>it was eating, mushrooms would mean fall,=
nuts the winter.</div><div>Great story anyway - Wouldn't want to trip over=
him!</div><div>Have a nice spring</div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div> <di=
v style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', tim=
es, serif; "> <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman'=
, 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"A=
rial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></=
b> Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com><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> Friday, Ma=
y 4, 2012 6:00:58 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</sp=
an></b>
[NatureNS] A Bear Story<br> </font> </div> <br>I have a bear story & I=
'm hoping that Paul MacDonald & anyone else who<br>knows something abou=
t this will comment. Today Bernard Forsythe & I<br>were travelling thru=
some woods, well off trail. Purely by chance I<br>came upon a Black Bear b=
ed. This was just a nicely rounded hollow in<br>the ground in a very well-d=
rained piece of pure deciduous woods.<br>Bernard pointed out it would be al=
most wind-free. The only reason I<br>found this bed was that there were 7 s=
eparate piles of bear poop on 2<br>sides of the bed, all within 2 m of the =
actual bed, and some 1 m. He<br>didn't go very far to take a dump ! Mainly =
due to this, Bernard & I<br>both suspected that this was a winter bed (=
"den"), despite the<br>complete lack of cover. Is this possible ?<br><br>I =
have photos of the bed, the poop, and a track from the nearest woods<br>roa=
d. The sticks around the bed are as they were. The bed is
between<br>them, actually.<br><br><a href=3D"http://rickwhitman.smugmug.co=
m/Nature/Mammals/17300243_qb7fkF#!i=3D1828951828&k=3D8b6SwSh" target=3D=
"_blank">http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Mammals/17300243_qb7fkF#!i=
=3D1828951828&k=3D8b6SwSh</a><br><br>Rick Whitman<br><br><br> </div> </=
div> </div></body></html>
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