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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

The bear's rubbing tree


The Rubbing Tree from Chris Wemmer on Vimeo.

I set this trail camera on a meandering game trail with a long view.

I expected clips of the usual cast of characters, but soon learned that the trail passed a bears' rubbing tree, a mountain lion scrape, and a pit stop for a bobcat.

I pointed the camera at the rubbing tree.

Though it must surely reek of bear, it smells like tree bark to me.

A lot of critters besides bears check it out, and gray foxes occasionally pee on the stump. 

This film shows last month's action at the bears' rubbing tree.   

4 comments:

Woody Meristem said...

Very nice video -- and beautiful bears. Presumably the scent of the bears attracted/interested the skunk and the gray fox.

Camera Trap Codger said...

Thanks Woody -- that's my conclusion too.

ViewMan said...

A whole lot of rubbing going on there. Bravo!

JK said...

I'd hate to have that bear as an upstairs neighbor. Talk about some heavy walking!