More than Scat

After I saw the scat Thursday morning, I happened to look out that evening in time to see this bear walking across my meadow; it appears to be a yearling. Bear sightings are common in nearby areas, and I am happy not to see more around my hollow. Nonetheless, I will be more watchful when I feed the deer and turkeys in the meadow. (I took a short video but can’t post videos here unless I upgrade the blog, and I’m not ready to do that. However, I finally figured out how to get rid of the “featured” post.)

No scat along the ridge today, but this tree was down, blocking some of the neighbors from getting out. (They cleared the road soon after I took this.)

I see lots of dead and dying trees on my rambles. I have seen trees downed after windstorms, thunderstorms, and too much rain. Sometimes they seem to fall for no apparent reason. I have actually watched a couple come down and heard others crash, and I sometimes hurry by some that are leaning and wonder which way I would run if they started to go.