Thursday, June 25, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Mama!! Mama!! Than THE Defiant One :)
This evening I saw a mama bear w/three teeny-tiny cubs and snapped a few pictures from my sunroof - hoping one will come out (2 out 10 passable. Painful, I know).
It was awesome. One of the cubs wouldn't move away from my car. I got to watch mama teach the cub to move, get out-of-the-way, RUN!!, whatever.
It was simpatico. Mama knew I wasn’t going to run over her cub and kept coming back to my car - trying to teach her wayward one that he/she MUST get out of the way.
The look on Mama bears face was just so intelligently loving and beautiful. Not any different than I've seen human parents trying to impart an important life-lesson upon their own young.
Mama greeting her wayward, overly curious cub.
"You've got to come - when I tell you to come!!"
~ Yes, Mama ~
"Geez Mama, the car smelled like cheetos...and... and... Mama, the car stopped... why do you worry so?"
"Not all cars will stop. And if they do - most likely they won't be kind."
Monday, June 15, 2009
Bedhead Bears
He turned around and there they were!!
(Once again, bears are extraordinarily quiet.)
Joe jumped into the back of their SUV and closed the hatchback. The bears not phased - investigated a bit further then wandered off. Once they left the immediate area - Joe ran into the house to the expert bear photograph - Grandma.
Grandma took these from her deck and Joe said they were playing & rough housing with each other. 'It was so cool.'
New friends? a new mate? two teenagers recently turned out by their mum? We'll probably never really know. I do remember the huge smile on Joe's face when he was telling us about his encounter.
When I first saw the photos, my first thought was - these are some mangy looking bears. Their fur looks like they just got out of bed - hence the title Bedhead Bears.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
This is for Christina - Rosie's Mum
Saturday, June 13, 2009
What's a Bear To Do?
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Bo's Got a Rep
BUT, this bear caught a whiff of Bo and put on his brakes, did the silliest 180 spin (black bear paws' tangling up and flying everwhere) and tore down the side of mountain.
Bo never knew he was there. When we got to the area the bear did his 180 - Bo high sniffed the 'aire', albeit it was a passing interest on his part.
We did have an audience tho. An entire family of about 10 folks was on one of the cabin's decks high up on the hill and thanked Bo for scaring the bear. It seems the bear had tried to get into their jeep and tore a hole in the side of the canvas top.
Note: When I'm out this time of year - during our walks I yell every so often (like a mad mtn women) 'Bo, tell the bears you're out here!! Woof!! Woof!!' Humaliting for Bo - but, I really don't want any more encounters than my heart can take.
Altho, this is what Bo thinks.
abcded
BTW... this post's bear picture is one of my neighbor's. It is not the bear we saw this morning. Altho, it's about the same size. A teenager.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Portrait of Black Bear in Fence
I'm so excited about this photo. Another one from my neighbor. But, with this one I was involved. This was prior to Memorial day and I was still gauging whether Bo could be let outside, chaperoned by me of course, off-leash or the presence of bears was so prolific that he had to be leash at all times.
This was one of those days he was off-leash. Luckily for me, he immediately went to his gully to start sniffing and whatnots. I looked over at one of the cabins down the road and lo' and behold' there's a bear sniffing and whatnots at the cabin's bearproof trash can. I immediately called and leashed Bo (he's such a good boy) and then ran over to my neighbor's house and almost banged down the door knocking.
'There's a bear, there's a bear"
"Where" she responded
"Over there"
(This cryptic understood conversation between neighbors takes years to develop. She knew exactly what I was communicating - 'Get Your Camera'. You gotta love her.)
She ran back inside and got her camera. At this point, Bo realizes what all the excitement is about and starts barking at the bear. The bear realizing Bo is on leash (I know they know when he's leashed vs off-leash - I'll explain later - just remember in these parts that all the animals know. They're smarter then anyone wants to give them credit for.) -- bear ignores Bo, but decides to casually leave the area.
My neighbor with her many years of bear photography expertise snaps this excellent portrait shot of one of our bears. Whilst calling the neighbor where the bear is located. So talented.
Isn't it fabulous? Look at that face!! and the picture perfect surroundings.