Great Lakes and Land

On April 17^th, 2009, a Black Bear (Ursus americanus) came to visit us at Fence Lake. Tim found bear paw tracks on his pickup truck. Why would tracks be there? Well, a couple of years ago Tim had a couple of carrot and apple bags in the back of his truck, which were left over from his white tail deer hunting. He also had some real estate signs, and other assorted items in there as well. When I left for work I noticed the signs scattered about on our drive-way. I mentioned that someone must have stopped by and played a trick on us by tossing the signs around. (We have friends that love pranks of this kind). I mentioned this to Tim later in the day. He laughed and said, “No it wasn’t any of our friends, but a bear.” The bear had eaten the bag apples, and the bag of carrots was also gone. Tim found the carrot bag where it had been dragged up our road, on his way to work. That year the bear also destroyed several of my bird feeders. My guess is that this recent visit from Mr. Bear was to see if Tim and Linda had left more treats for him this year. Bears must have incredible memories. Did you ever wonder how you can train a 300 pound wild bear how to ride a bike? Linda 04-23-09