Bears Wrestling (Again)

Bears Visit 3 Times in a Day

 This is a very condensed time-lapse vid of 3 different visits all on the same day by a group of bears. Lots of playing and wrestling.  What you can't tell from this vid (but we can from others) is that it's not the same bears each time.  There is a huge Mama Bear during the first and third visit that isn't part of the second visit. But I can't tell if the younger bear from the first is one of the bears during the other visits.  Also, during the last visit, there are actually 3 bears together.  So, these visits represent somewhere between 3 and 7 bears. 

If you catch it, that's me on the court at 2pm - just 10 mins before the bears' second visit.

Bear Spa Day

This mom and older cub share a serene moment during an ursine spa day. Nice that there are enough tubs to go around. It also seems like the sun is bouncing off a spider web in front of the camera creating that ray effect. Cool.

Why We Can't Have Nice Things in the Yard!

Super Bear Mash-Up.  Lots of fun is had spilling water and flipping our kiddie pools. This is why we have to buy several pools each year from our local hardware store.  There is a longer version of this video with more shenanigans coming soon.

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Skull of Destiny

 Near our hoops court is an aging elk skull that is equal parts haunting and beautiful (especially with all the moss and leaves on it). Many animals visit the skull - these are just some of them in the last two months (shown chronologically). You'll see bears, raccoons, deer, bobcats, elk and coyotes. Several of the elk chew on the bones and many of the animals react to the skull.  You'll even see a three-legged coyote - who made me sad when I first saw her, but now inspires me because she does so well and gets around as easy as the rest of her pack. Notice that most of the clips are from the night time. Maybe that's because that's when they feel the elk spirit the strongest! 

Bear-a-palooza

Several bears visited and played in the pond over a two day period a couple of days ago.  There were 5 different visits in all.  From what I can tell, three of the visits were two bears and two visits had three bears.  Here is a compilation of clips from their good times.

June 14th

A variety of animals hung out around the house on June 14th - I made this video from different clips from that day.  I had to slow down the bobcat clip because she went by so quickly.  This was actually the first day we saw the baby bear that we have now seen a couple more times since.

A Gift from My Past Self to My Current Self!

So I found this old camera in a drawer full of stuff that needs repairs.  And lo and behold, there was an SD card in it with videos from more than a year ago we never saw. It was thoughtful of me-from-a-year-ago to leave some surprise videos for me-from-today!  The best one is this one of a bear using a tree to scratch that "just right" spot.  Thanks, past version of me, for being a forgetful stooge so I could enjoy this extra fun today.

Bear Swimming Time Lapse

This is a time-lapse video of a bear having fun in the pond for about 13 minutes (you can see the time on the bottom).  The entire video represents about 20 mins of elapsed time.  Having a time-lapse camera aimed at the pond helps see some animals that the trail cameras miss.  Either because the animals are too far away to activate them or some other tech issue, sometimes the motion detection fails.  So I have a camera that takes a snapshot of the pond every 10 seconds all day just to catch the things the other cameras miss. 

More Cool Pics...


Bear glamour shot...

Owl Incoming!

Snowy Deer...

Bobcat Too Close...

No Goldilocks

This is one of only a handful of times that three bears are seen at the same time on a video. It seems like the two on the logs are about to throw down when the third comes running in to take their attention. The third one also seems to be a teenager as she is smaller and quicker than the other two.

Life is Good

This bear doesn't appear to have a care in the world.  Stretched out on a nice day, chewing on a long piece of grass. Perfect.

Look at those back legs and feet - I love when the bears hang out this way.

Most Bear Fun Ever at 5x Speed!

This bear had the time of her life playing with the kiddie pool and the balls on the basketball court.  She stayed and played for about 20 mins.  This is one 4 min segment that I sped up to 5x speed so you can watch it in about 50 seconds. Luckily, the software kept the audio when I sped up the video, because the sound is hilarious, too.

Random Cool Pics

A group of elk doing their best to look majestic...

Weird and cool night shot of a bat that looks like an X-ray.

This bear's nose is shaped perfectly like a heart.

That's me in the background trying to get by the deer without disturbing her.  Obviously, she sees me.

Because Monday Should Now Be Baby Bear Day

I mean... Come on.

Bear Shows How to Relax

Stressed?  Anxious?  Worried?  Need some help?  This bear shows that a bath can be a great way to chill out!

Bear Selfie

This bear decided she wanted to be the director of her own film.  That's one of our trail cameras that is tied to a cut log that she's carrying around.  You should see the videos from that camera!!!

Bear vs Trough

If you thought it was only the blue wading pools that the bear tried to destroy - you were mistaken.  Here, the bear tries to obliterate the black trough - stopping in between to play with a couple of balls.  There's a moment when she even tries to tightrope walk on the edges of the trough...

More Bear Wackiness

Get out of the way! Fun is being had.

Another Pool Bites It!

This bear had a ton of fun for quite a while, playing with the balls and in the water.  She was determined to destroy the pool (and was successful).  There are many more videos of her playful time forthcoming.  BTW, I'm doubtful that it was 108 degrees - I don't measuring think the temp is this camera's forte.