Today was a work day. At one house I was checking, the owner told me to watch out for bears. I chuckled a bit.
He said, "Really! We had a big one come through the back yard this morning and take down the bird feeder."
He was not kidding, and the bear left a nice set of prints through this prepared garden dirt. The dirt was so soft, the impressions aren't too distinct, but the pattern of the tracks is fantastic.
The toes don't really show, but you can easily see the general shape.
This set shows how they sometimes get "pigeon toed."
The man also said, "If that bear comes for you, you run in the house quick. I'll watch you till you're finished."
But all I saw was the tracks.
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it's exciting and scary at the same time, even just the tracks are very interesting.
ReplyDeletekinda glad you only saw the prints, but you probably wanted a photo of the print maker....
ReplyDeleteI bet that bear walked through that nicely prepared dirt on purpose! We don't tend to call it dirt. We call it soil. Just a snippet of information for you. I know you are interested in our differences.
ReplyDeleteThe black bears I've seen have been shy. Of course, I've never met a sow with cubs. Fortunately that didn't appear to be the case where you visited on business.
ReplyDeleteYikes! And I thought the raccoons were a problem in my yard! I'd be scared with a bear. :o
ReplyDeletewow how amazing!
ReplyDelete"But all I saw was the tracks."
ReplyDeleteFortunately.
Wow, how exciting. Glad to hear you didn't have to make a run for the house while you were there though
ReplyDeleteI just keep thinking how fortunate you are to have captured such clear pictures of clear footprints.
ReplyDeletebetchai- I've only seen one track at a time before, so this is awesome.
ReplyDeleteLoretta- maybe not that close! Although the one's I've encountered have all run away
Lin- they are getting quite bold here
Lynn- They are pretty common, but seldom leave such nice tracks
vanilla- black bears hardly ever fail to run away if you make noise
Ann- actually, that wouldn't have been a good action to take. Run away, their instinct is to chase. It's better to stand up to a black bear
Emma- Now I want some that show the toes better, like in wet sand!