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Tracking a Black Bear |
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Ursus americanus |
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| Learn how to identify the tracks and signs
the American black bear makes as it travels through a forested environment. |
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Tracking a Black Bear |
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Ursus americanus |
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| Learn how to identify the tracks and signs
the American black bear makes as it travels through a forested environment. |
| Tracking a black bear through the forest |
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This black bear made quite a lot of sign as it traveled around in the forest. This area has some old roads that were constructed back in the old logging days, but are no longer used or maintained. The wildlife uses these old routes to move around easily in the thick vegetation found here. This bear made a lot of sign as it went from the creek, up a hillside and into the brush. It found a log and ripped it open so it could feast on grubs. Yummy! Then, the bear found two wasp nests, which it dug up so it could eat the larvae. The bear must have gotten stung by the angry wasps, because the next thing it did was roll down a steep incline and into a pond! Tracking and finding this story was fun! The bear came out of the pond and went on its way. It found a small sapling, which is straddle-marked. Then it wandered off into the tall grass. |
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You can learn a lot just by following the bears and finding the tracks and signs they leave behind. You will learn their food habits and their daily routines. Bears find food in some amazing places. For such large animals, they do quite well out there in the woods! |
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Other Black Bear Pages on this site: Go to the Black Bear Scat Page or Black Bear Scat Page II Go to the Black Bear Feeding Signs Page or Black Bear Main Page For more tracking videos, go back to the Black Bear Tracking Videos page |
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Got a bear story? E-mail me and tell me about it. You are visitor number:
Copyright © 1997, 2010, 2011. Text, photos, videos, and drawings by Kim A. Cabrera - Desert Moon Design
Page updated: July 31, 2011
Find bears and bear tracks items in my new store. Greeting cards, hats, calendars, posters, t-shirts, stickers, clocks, and much more. Custom bear products are available. Just send me an email with your request.
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Now available: "Animals Don't Cover
Their Tracks - An Introduction to Animal Tracking" on CD! (Version 3.0)
New drawings, more species, more photos, more extensive sections on tracking
humans, more detailed directions for plaster casting, mystery tracks section,
tracking stories section, and more. The CD features over 100 species, including
special bonus sections with the tracks of some African and Australian
animals. A large section on tracking lost people for search and rescue is
included, with over four pages of photos showing the details of tracks and
signs people leave. Easy to use format. This web site is limited
by bandwidth, but the CD-ROM is not. The CD is available in my online store at:
www.dirt-time.com
Works with Mac or PC. Happy tracking!!
What else can you find in the nature store? Beartracker's animal tracks coloring book, T-shirts, sweatshirts, journals, book bags, toddler and infant apparel, mouse pads, posters, postcards, coffee mugs, travel mugs, clocks, Frisbees, bumper stickers, hats, stickers, and many more items. All with tracks or paw prints, or nature scenes. Custom products are available. If you don't see the track you want on the product you want, email me and I can probably create it. Proceeds from all sales go to pay the monthly fees for this web site. You can help support this site as well as get great tracking products! Thank you! |
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keep Beartracker's Animal Tracks Den online! Thank you! |
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