Friday was not a productive day for us (as far as we were concerned). As expected the heat and sun dictated what we would see. For the first 6 hours we saw plenty of butterflies, flies, bees, dragonflies and mosquito's. We decided to leave and have a break for lunch around 2:30 and return later in the day when the sun was not as hot.
While sitting we noticed there wasn't a sound except crickets and frogs. Even the birds weren't out. Only a few hummingbirds. Knowing bird habits, Kathy determined that we could expect to see some bear or red wolf because birds generaly don't give away their nest location when they sense animals nearby. And sure enough she was right.
We returned to the same area around 4:00pm. We decided to stop in an area in which we saw positive signs of bear activity (allot bear poop). Another good sign was that this area is adjacent to a corn field and from the signs we saw (corn in the poop), we concluded it was worth the time to stop and wait.
After about an hour we started seeing bear cross the road into the corn field. Unfortunately they were atleast 600 yards in either direction of us. I decided to move closer to the area where they were crosing. As luck would have it I was able to get much closer than I would have hoped and got off some great shots. They seemingly had little or no interest in me. But I was not going to press my luck an dmoved back away.
We've posted pics to the website of yesterdays adventure. Surely they will encourage you to come back for more.
TODAY will be a different day for sure. We are going out later in the day to the coast and then make our way back inland late in the evening. This will insure seeing plenty of wildlife.
While sitting we noticed there wasn't a sound except crickets and frogs. Even the birds weren't out. Only a few hummingbirds. Knowing bird habits, Kathy determined that we could expect to see some bear or red wolf because birds generaly don't give away their nest location when they sense animals nearby. And sure enough she was right.
We returned to the same area around 4:00pm. We decided to stop in an area in which we saw positive signs of bear activity (allot bear poop). Another good sign was that this area is adjacent to a corn field and from the signs we saw (corn in the poop), we concluded it was worth the time to stop and wait.
After about an hour we started seeing bear cross the road into the corn field. Unfortunately they were atleast 600 yards in either direction of us. I decided to move closer to the area where they were crosing. As luck would have it I was able to get much closer than I would have hoped and got off some great shots. They seemingly had little or no interest in me. But I was not going to press my luck an dmoved back away.
We've posted pics to the website of yesterdays adventure. Surely they will encourage you to come back for more.
TODAY will be a different day for sure. We are going out later in the day to the coast and then make our way back inland late in the evening. This will insure seeing plenty of wildlife.
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