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Black Bear Feeding Signs |
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Ursus americanus |
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Black Bear Feeding Signs |
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Ursus americanus |
| Black bears have numerous feeding signs. These are just a few of them. |
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Black bear feeding signs. This stump was torn into by a hungry bear seeking grubs or other tasty edibles. In my area, carpenter ants are commonly found in old logs and stumps like this one. Black bears love to eat ants! |
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A log torn into by a hungry bear in late fall. Bears are trying to put on as much weight as they can during this time of year, so all food sources are used. Lack of food in winter months is one of the reasons bears have such a long dormant period. |
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| Another stump torn into by a hungry black bear. |
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This apple was found below a tree where the bear had spent quite a bit of time feeding. Notice that the tooth marks look almost human. |
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| A black bear climbed this tree, leaving behind some scars from the claw marks. |
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This apple tree bears some old scars from black bears climbing it. There are also fresh scratch marks above, where the bark appears to have curled backward. |
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I found this black bear hair snagged on a branch that the bear broke while climbing in an apple tree. Red arrow points to the hair. |
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| An old stump that was opened by a bear searching for food. |
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In April one year, I found the tracks of a black bear that swam across the river, then exited onto the bank. I followed the trail of that bear as it led into the woods. Along its trail, I found this location, where it had opened some old logs, looking for food. |
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The fresh claw marks on this apple tree trunk are next to some old healed scars from previous visits by a bear. |
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| The weight of a climbing black bear was too much for this apple branch, which broke. |
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| More fresh bear claw marks in the bark of a tree. |
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Bears find dumpsters very tempting. This one was not a bear-resistant lid. The plastic was very easy for the bear to pry open. Notice the garbage bag on the ground behind the dumpster, which the bear dragged out. |
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This plastic jelly jar was licked clean by a black bear, who removed it from the dumpster in the photo above it. |
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| A pair of black bear cubs, and their mother, whose photos were taken by a remote camera. |
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Other Bear Pages on this site: Go to the Black Bear Scat Page or Black Bear Scat Page II Go to the Black Bear Main Page or Black Bear Tracks and Signs Page II |
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