The picture above is one of two yearlings that had a day with my trail camera.
The bear that had visited the Lost Pond location appears to have moved
on. His last visit was April 4th. Skunk Cabbage is now abundant in
many of the swamps. He most likely is hanging close to the food source.
I had an eventful morning last week while checking camera traps. A
skunk cabbage patch close to the beaver dam where my TC’s are set
was eaten by a bear. The leaves had tear/ bite marks and many cabbage stems
were bitten off. Now that’s a good way to get your blood pumping!
I collected the SD cards then hiked up a steep knob adjacent to the
beaver pond and was surprised to see a bear feeding on skunk cabbage about sixty
yards away. The bear wandered through the swamp browsing as it worked its way
towards a lower beaver dam where camera traps are set. Hopefully, it crosses that
dam. What a neat experience just watching the bear as it wandered out of sight.
One of the rewards that comes with camera trapping!
I’ve seen two road killed bobcats this week in two different towns while out
checking camera traps over the last week. Maybe an indication of an abundant wild
feline population in Massachusetts.
I changed up my website cover page ( https://hikingcamerawildlife.smugmug.com/)
to include a slide show sharing different bears that are camera trapped in
2023.
Jim
