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Black Bear

Sightings

August sightings of note

Black Bear at Chemong Lake Just a report of a Black Bear on August 1. It was large. I couldn’t get a photo as I wasn’t going to open the door. It came right up to our roadside door as I was standing there and yelling for my husband to Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 5 yearsAugust 10, 2018 ago
Sightings

July sightings of note

Another fox in city dining on Gray Squirrels There was a large number of squirrels in our neighbourhood. Then came a large, gray-coloured fox, easily the size of my fifty pound Springer Spaniel. I’d often see it at first light, and thrice seen carrying a black-phase Gray Squirrel. The squirrel Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 5 yearsJuly 29, 2018 ago
Columns

Gord Harrison guest column: Mother Courage and the Morality of Non-Human Animals

“There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.” Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man A decade or so ago, I came upon a considerable mystery. It was a fall afternoon and, while walking down the road toward my Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 5 yearsMarch 8, 2018 ago
Sightings

Bear sighting near Jackson Park

This past Tuesday, May 16, I got up early (6AM)….well early for me (I volunteer at the Turtle Trauma Centre and had a large recovered snapper to release in Orillia)…. threw open my drapes …..beautiful sunny morning……and thought someone had let their dog run free the other side of my Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 6 yearsMay 21, 2017 ago
Sightings

Young Black Bear pays a visit

We caught this hungry little Black Bear with his hand in the cookie jar over the weekend of May 6. He came back to our place multiple times after the feeders were removed and settled on picking dandelions from the yard. I may have to provide him a salary after Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 6 yearsMay 20, 2017 ago
Columns

MY COUSIN & ME: A vivid memoir on the wonder of nature & PETERBOROUGH POLLINATORS 2017 CALENDAR

“The woods are wide and full of wonders, but we boys were mere counters, nibblers and sniffers at her mysteries. Just two skinny lads roaming fields like foxes searching for whatever we could find. Here a quartz rock, there an emerald snake, and over there a woodcock’s nest.” Local author Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 6 yearsDecember 1, 2016 ago
Sightings

Black Bear cub in Young’s Point

I took these shots of a Black Bear cub in Young’s Point on November 9th at about 2:00 pm. Jeff Keller

By Drew Monkman, 6 yearsNovember 20, 2016 ago
Sightings

American Chestnut update & bear activity

I have good news and bad news. The good news is that my American Chestnut trees produced what appear to be a few viable nuts. The bad news is that the number of viable nuts is much smaller than I had hoped for. American Chestnuts are monoecious, so although the Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 6 years ago
Sightings

Of bats, American Chestnuts and other species of interest

I have some news that I think is important. On Friday night (August 19) we were driving home from some friends’ place over at the 5th line of Selwyn near the Lakefield Highway, and coming back we saw at least ten bats flying above the road over the km or Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 7 yearsAugust 28, 2016 ago
Sightings

Black Bear and cub at Killarney Provincial Park

I was camping in Killarney Provincial Park southwest of Sudbury last week and took this picture of a Black Bear at the side of the road. It wasn’t until I uploaded the shots to my computer that I spotted her cub hidden in the bracken ferns behind her! Last night Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 7 yearsJune 26, 2016 ago
Sightings

Black Bear with FOUR cubs in northern Peterborough County

At about 6:00 pm on May 4, I was lucky to see a mother Black Bear with FOUR cubs on Beaver Lake Road/FR 220 in Trent Lakes township. About a mile down the same road, I spotted a beautiful Red Fox. Then, along County Road 507 and West Bay Road, Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 7 yearsMay 5, 2016 ago
Sightings

Black Bear with three cubs

This morning I spotted  a sow Black Bear with three cubs on the Second Line of Belmont (east of Havelock) off of Highway 7. The bears were about 300 metres north of Sama Park. Sadly, I took too long to get my camera out. Ulrike Kullik

By Drew Monkman, 8 yearsAugust 5, 2015 ago
Sightings

Black Bear on Northey’s Bay Road, north of Stoney Lake

At about 9:30 pm on July 13, we were driving home from a lovely cottage weekend. We were heading north on Northey’s Bay Road, along the north shore of Upper Stoney Lake, 1 km before the community centre (at Highway 28). There was no moon and therefore not much light Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 8 yearsJuly 15, 2015 ago
Sightings

What’s for dinner?

This picture was taken from inside the cottage kitchen on Deer Bay Reach Road, Lower Buckhorn, at 5 pm on Sunday, July 12. The young Black Bear was climbing an oak tree beside the cottage, possibly to get acorns on the roof. My husband was trying to shoo it off Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 8 yearsJuly 13, 2015 ago
Sightings

They grow the bears big in Minden!

I was just north of Minden today (May 22), taking a couple of orphaned squirrels to the Woodlands Wildlife Sanctuary, and came across a very large Black Bear. I believe it was a male but that is just a guess. He was pretty chunky for this time of year. I Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 8 yearsMay 23, 2015 ago
Sightings

Huge Black Bear near Mount Pleasant

I own 100 acres in the Cavan Swamp, west of Mount Pleasant, and put up trail cameras to monitor wildlife activity. On the nights of December 4 and 5, one of the cameras recorded a HUGE Black Bear, which must have weighed close to 400 lbs. It’s by far the Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 8 yearsDecember 16, 2014 ago
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