[Magdalen] Grin and Bear It.

[Scott Knitter]

Our main sign of spring so far is the sound of the male Northern Cardinal's
call: "Birdie? Birdie? Birdie? Birdie? Chirp-chirp-chirp-chirp-chirp!"
Quite often one will be soloing nearby and another echoing off the
buildings and trees farther away. It's the state bird of Illinois and a
bunch of other states. Nice when one does his call from the wire outside my
office window. Pretty birds indeed.

Warm a couple of days ago and now back to cold and windy. Bah.

On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 12:32 PM Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com>
wrote:

> Actually, it was a black bear (Ursus americanus). Brown bears are only
> found in Alaska.
>
> The game warden's advice was exactly correct - mamma bears are quite
> protective of their young, and they often have their cubs climb a tree
> for protection while mom is off getting food. Once she returns, the
> cub(s) will come down - which is exactly what happened.
>
> I know all this, partly because I live in Vermont where bears are fairly
> common, but also because this guy (https://www.benkilham.com) came and
> gave a talk here in town. He knows his stuff!
>
> BTW, we also had a sign of Spring here last night - first visitation by
> our resident raccoons to our bird feeders.   :-(
>
> Chad Wohlers
> chadwohl at satucket.com
> Woodbury, VT   USA
>
>
>
> On 30.03.2019 12:12, cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> > My neighbors' dogs (two Labradors) atypically barked at length
> > thispast Wednesday, and we discovered a half-grown Brown Bearcub had
> > been flushed up into the tops of a 100' Eastern White Pine(P. strobus)
> > in his yard.  The cub remained there for the next daybut, on the
> > advice of the game authorities, no attempt was made to get
> > the young animal to come down.  Then mother bear entered the
> > scene,growled some kind of communication and junior promptly scurried
> > downthe tree.
> > Kids will be kids.
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
>
> --
>


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA