Turns out I was right. about 15 minutes later, the sow and her TWO cubs came down the hill and into the yard. One of the little ones was a very pale cinnamon cub. Not an albino--I don't think--but a very, very blonde bear.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Aerie Visitors
We had some visitors at the Aerie this afternoon. I had just finished watering the garden at 4:30 PM when I heard a crashing and grunting in the trees less than 40 yards up the slope and saw a black bear. It stayed put as I collected all the bird feeders and brought them inside. The bear stayed put and even laid down in the powerline right of way. I thought something might be up and wondered if it might be a sow with a cub.
Turns out I was right. about 15 minutes later, the sow and her TWO cubs came down the hill and into the yard. One of the little ones was a very pale cinnamon cub. Not an albino--I don't think--but a very, very blonde bear.
As you can see, they didn't stay in the yard long. Moma heard the dishwasher going through its cycle and, I assume, the chugging sounds made her shy away from any lengthy investigation. They wandered off back up the hill and disappeared--for the time being.
Turns out I was right. about 15 minutes later, the sow and her TWO cubs came down the hill and into the yard. One of the little ones was a very pale cinnamon cub. Not an albino--I don't think--but a very, very blonde bear.
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Wow, that is amazing! I do not envy you having bears...so far we don't, so I don't have to mess with my feeders. But that little blonde one is really cool.
Nice pictures, sir, and ... they'll be back.
Agreed, Threecollie, that little one is some kind of cute overload.
Rev., I've no doubt they will be back. Moma didn't act really scared at all. She's likely to have been here before and found the sunflower seeds to her liking. That she would bring her little cubs so close speaks volumes of her confidence and comfort level.
So cool, why are the cubs diffrent colors? Is that common?
Gotta admit they're cute at that age. Glad we've not seen any here though....
He doesn't look albino, his eyes don't look red.....
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