What have you seen lately?

[Stryker]

These two were in the back yard this weekend - mother great horned owl (I believe) and fledgling

 

[NortheastEasy]

 

[SpaceCritter]

Look who're back at the house lot:


View: https://youtu.be/JNuAdeOEo1o

 

[Wickedcoolname]

This is the first year in 24 years at my place without any bears in the yard. No mangled trash barrels, no destroyed bird feeders, nada.
I'm not complaining, just curious. Where are the bears?

 

[pupchow]

This is the first year in 24 years at my place without any bears in the yard. No mangled trash barrels, no destroyed bird feeders, nada.
I'm not complaining, just curious. Where are the bears?

Climate change.

They're all over the place here, west of I90.

 

[pupchow]

Deceased bear cub on the side of the road this morning.

 

[SpaceCritter]

This morning's ride companion:

 

[Stryker]

These two were in the back yard this weekend - mother great horned owl (I believe) and fledgling

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Mother still about the yard, looks to be nesting in the woods behind the house - picking bugs out of the lawn, guessing to feed the fledglings who are likely noit hunting for themselves yet

 

[Rob Boudrie]

This is the first year in 24 years at my place without any bears in the yard. No mangled trash barrels, no destroyed bird feeders, nada.
I'm not complaining, just curious. Where are the bears?

Shitting in the woods.

 

[RumRunner]

This is the first year in 24 years at my place without any bears in the yard. No mangled trash barrels, no destroyed bird feeders, nada.
I'm not complaining, just curious. Where are the bears?

Got plenty around here.

 

[Patriot]

Mother still about the yard, looks to be nesting in the woods behind the house - picking bugs out of the lawn, guessing to feed the fledglings who are likely noit hunting for themselves yet

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What I would give to have that beauty working my back yard. She would clear out my nest of voles in nothing flat, plus solve my chipmunk problem and hopefully take a toll on an out of control rabbit population. That's an awesome picture of a fantastic bird.

 

[SpaceCritter]

View: https://youtu.be/IJwvFcTmscs

 

[HARRYM]

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Northwest Maine this week

Covered in ticks?

 

[HorizontalHunter]

Covered in ticks?

Hard to tell in the picture but I think he is just shedding his winter coat. Could also be mange but I don think so. Looks too healthy.

 

[HARRYM]

Hard to tell in the picture but I think he is just shedding his winter coat. Could also be mange but I don think so. Looks too healthy.

Sadly I have seen Moose covered in ticks and it looks like that but you may be right.

 

[pupchow]

This location is near Savoy Mountain State Forest in MA.