Watching Trees to Track Black Bears
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Watching Trees to Track Black Bears
We are Nick and Valerie Wisniewski on behalf of expertvillage.com. We are here to talk about animal tracks and signs specifically that of the black bear Ursus Americanus. If you need more information about this animal, please see our website at walnuthilltracking.com. We are here at the base of a large hemlock tree. Mother with cubs likes to use large trees like the hemlocks and white pine. They have deeply furrow bark as what we call babysitting trees. Mothers will bed down around the tree with their cubs and if there is any sign of danger, the strategy of the mother defending the cubs is to send the cubs up the tree. Here on the bark we can see some fresh bear claw marks. These are from cubs that rapidly ascended the tree. You can see the claw marks as the bear climbs the tree. There are three kinds of marking that you will find on trees. One is a feeding type of marker. Another is a comm unitive kind of marking but here this is a climbing behavior that is used to get out of the way of danger. The bear as it climbs puts his 4 feet out to the side, hangs on and thrusts up with its hind feet. As you see the marks go up the tree, they will go up beyond your head height, scrambling all the way up to where the canopy gives the cubs shelter. You can differentiate between other kinds of markings and this climbing to get to safety quite easily as once you know what to look for.
We are Nick and Valerie Wisniewski on behalf of expertvillage.com. We are here to talk about animal tracks and signs specifically that of the black bear Ursus Americanus. If you need more information about this animal, please see our website at walnuthilltracking.com. We are here at the base of a large hemlock tree. Mother with cubs likes to use large trees like the hemlocks and white pine. They have deeply furrow bark as what we call babysitting trees. Mothers will bed down around the tree with their cubs and if there is any sign of danger, the strategy of the mother defending the cubs is to send the cubs up the tree. Here on the bark we can see some fresh bear claw marks. These are from cubs that rapidly ascended the tree. You can see the claw marks as the bear climbs the tree. There are three kinds of marking that you will find on trees. One is a feeding type of marker. Another is a comm unitive kind of marking but here this is a climbing behavior that is used to get out of the way of danger. The bear as it climbs puts his 4 feet out to the side, hangs on and thrusts up with its hind feet. As you see the marks go up the tree, they will go up beyond your head height, scrambling all the way up to where the canopy gives the cubs shelter. You can differentiate between other kinds of markings and this climbing to get to safety quite easily as once you know what to look for.
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