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Showing posts with label bathing behavior. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bathing behavior. Show all posts

Friday, January 1, 2021

A very clean bear

I didn't want to post this. The camera was askew. 

I changed my mind. Happy New Year.

Copy and paste the link to your browser to view the movie (It lasts a minute and 45 sec).

https://vimeo.com/496250466

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Bath Party




"Damnit, some lowlife took a bath and poisoned the waterhole".

That was my first disturbing thought when I saw the white scum on the water.

It didn't smell like Irish Spring, either. But what was it?

I was visited by ominous thoughts until I got home and uploaded the video files.

Then I saw the culprits.

My pool had been the scene of a wild bath party.

Happy New Year, my friends.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Wet & Thirsty Raptors




A number of raptors drink, bathe, and hunt in the same pools where the bears do their thing.

Not everyday, like Steller and scrub jays, but now and then.

I have a hunch that the birds seen here use several different pools on different creeks.

Screech owls were by far the most frequent users.

This video covers about 5 months of clips from several pools.