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Thanks Paul. I feel you & Dave have both pointed me in the right
direction: "Anyway my guess would be this was a male who for some
reason had come out of hibernation early and decided to go back after
a spell, found a nice spot and had a sleep." It all adds up (including
the clear cut, perhaps).
Rick.
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Rick
> An interesting find - I always liked bears.
> Sounds like a male bear who wouldn't need cover for the cubs.
> An old woodsman - full of woods wisdom - once told me to find dens
> look where the bear vomited late in the fall. At that time they become so
> fat the
> intestine becomes plugged and they cann't defecate so vomit all the
> undigested food.
> The old hunters knew the den was in the vicinity so would look for it.
> These fellows knew a lot of nature stuff - they read nature not books or
> google LOL
> Anyway my guess would be this was a male who for some reason had come out
> of hibernation early and decided to go back after a spell, found a nice spot
> and had a sleep.
> I'm not sure if DNR - Jenn Madden perhaps could analysis the poop to see
> what
> it was eating, mushrooms would mean fall, nuts the winter.
> Great story anyway - Wouldn't want to trip over him!
> Have a nice spring
> Paul
>
> ________________________________
> From: Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com>
> To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Sent: Friday, May 4, 2012 6:00:58 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
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