Last Ditch Efforts To Get A Bear Picture

I did a lot of wandering this morning in effort to get a picture of a bear before they den. The morning started with a beautiful sunrise as I followed the brook in the picture above. The sun touching the background made for a nice touch.

I found this bear scat in my travels. Looks like the bear found a few apples to eat this late in the fall. Most bears stay out an about until they cant forage enough food ( calories) to keep them warm.
I can tell you the pickins' are becoming scarce in the area I was hiking this morning.
Well. it's nice to know that  the bear has not hibernated yet.My days are numbered !
Jim

Stay On Track

Beautiful morning to be out and about. I didn't see much more than a Seagull and a Loon in the distant water. However I did see where the animals had been. I followed the bear tracks shown above for a mile or so along the shoreline.

I did find what appeared to be a very small Bobcat track

Before calling it a day I found this pile of Salmon eggs. This is the time of the year Salmon spawn. There was little evidence as to what led to the eggs just laying on the shoreline. My guess is that a raptor plucked the fish from the shallow water and may have landed on the shoreline where the Salmon released the eggs. There was no sign of any mammal tracks in close proximity of the eggs.

Jim