Guess who is back?

My 'marine' horn

There are so many bugs, and the blackberries and raspberries are plentiful. This is a good thing. The milkweed are prolific this year, as well.

There are lots of bugs on them. I found a firefly on the back of one leaf. There have been several monarchs.

There are a lot of milkweed bugs that use the plants as a home: Milkweed Tussock Moth caterpillars, Red Milkweed beetle, tree frogs, Red Milkweed caterpillars, Lady beetles, aphids and, of course, their predators: spiders.

Sat., July 15th, 6:15 a.m.

The trailcams have been empty for a couple of weeks. I figured I was safe putting out a feeder. Two bears were killed nearby, so I thought Junior Bear was a goner.
As I walked through the backyard, I realized that something had been knocking a lot of the milkweed plants over. Now, I'm sure Junior Bear is looking for bugs.

I'm so happy. I made the mistake of putting out the bird feeder, as I thought our bear was gone. The marine horn sort of scared him off. (I carry it with me when I walk in the forest.)
Now I know for sure! He has been scarce, and has learned to hunt in the night and early morning. BLess his little heart!

I was playing on my computer beside the front window. I saw a very black back walking by the window, along the front walk.
He's not aggressive, mostly assertive. He's learned to tolerate people in the name of food. 

Junior Bear is back

I have a lot of photos to show. Instead, we had a surprise last night. We haven't seen bear in awhile. I'm going to track it here, to see if there is a pattern. Surprisingly, June 13th, 7:30 p.m. – on the trailcam, down in the meadow. He's a 'normal' bear, I can still scare him away.

June 15th, beary busy day

We'd eaten dinner, were watching a UK DVD mystery, when it sauntered by on the driveway, coming towards the house. It was 6:06 p.m. Beyond the driveway, where he's headed, is a path down to the meadow, with a thick forest straight ahead.

Bear Video 6 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

It's going in circles!
It's back, again. It was 6:21 p.m., I went out and growled at it, while directing hubby to grab the pot.

It saw us and ran. That's a good sign!


Then, 6:23, back again. We just watched it for a minute. I think it might remember where the seed feeder was, and I wondered if it had to figure out the seed was gone. SIGH.
Bear June 15th from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Junior Bear –down in the meadow

This is its 5th visit, in 2017,  that I know of!

June 13th:, 7:30 p.m. on the trailcam, down in the meadow. (See below) I'm happy he's turned out to be a normal bear, and hasn't been seen hear the house.

Bear visit 5 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.