Stand Off With A Doe

I had an entertaining experience with a doe. The cover picture is the end of the event.

While hiking this morning I  spotted this doe feeding. She didn't see me at first so I kept moving very slowly until her head raised and spotted me.

I stood motionless for what seemed forever,  then she started  stomping her feet. First with her back right leg and changed to her front left leg. This went on for 5/6minutes. Having a head-net and backpack on certainly got this girls attention,

I finally moved and she turned and was air bound .

Jim

Quabbin Bears Are Elusive !

Quabbin bears have been the most elusive in my hiking and trying to get their pictures. This past weekend surrendered a third sighting in in six years, and nearly 2500 miles hiked. A bear’s keen sense of smell keep them aware of their surroundings and allow them to avoid humans altogether. It’s also luck seeing a bear in the Quabbin, being in the right place at the right time.

The picture captured Saturday appears to be a 11/2-year-old cub recently displaced by its mother (sow) due to the June bear breeding season in Massachusetts. This displacement is the way nature works with 2^nd year cubs and bears breeding.

  Jim