Well as you can see this large bear; probably a male as it is mating season, did not "step" out of the woods. Rather he was probably alerted by the other ones behavior after it had stepped out onto the trail and had spotted me. As soon as the first bear saw me it quickly walked down the trail before disappearing into the woods and then this large bear lept out of the forest edge and crossed the trail. This second bear is mostly in the air, just about to land when this picture was taken. By the time that happened I had already identified it visually and was paying close attention to it as it waited to cross, crouched behind some brush literally on the edge of the path. I took some photos of this big bear as it waited to cross and could see it through my camera lens when I took it but so far I can't find it in the photos. Camouflage!
These beautiful animals are another two reminders for me to consider my lack of power and human vulnerabilities. I am not as a human some supreme being in this world in which I walk, rather as Aldo Leopold suggested just a part of it. Peace
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Rich Mountain Trail
This trail is one I hike often on afternoons like today when I have at least two hours to get up, and back, to campsite #5, which is about 2.3 mls oneway from the trailhead at Rich Mountain rd. Many of the photos of blooming wildflowers I've shown this year were taking along this route. Today as I neared the halfway point I heard some commotion off to my left and so I found a spot in the shade to stop and listen some more. About 2 minutes after I stopped I saw a bear approaching the trail and I realized I needed to move from where I was standing else it was gonna come out of the woods very close to me. I quietly moved up the trail without losing my fix on the bear and noted the direction of the slight breeze blowing at that time and space. I'd have the breeze in my favor until the bear(s) stepped out on the trail. Note the plural because I had heard what sounded like another animal moving from the same place I had heard the first and as I reviewed the area I spotted a much larger 2nd bear a minute or two later. 
Well as you can see this large bear; probably a male as it is mating season, did not "step" out of the woods. Rather he was probably alerted by the other ones behavior after it had stepped out onto the trail and had spotted me. As soon as the first bear saw me it quickly walked down the trail before disappearing into the woods and then this large bear lept out of the forest edge and crossed the trail. This second bear is mostly in the air, just about to land when this picture was taken. By the time that happened I had already identified it visually and was paying close attention to it as it waited to cross, crouched behind some brush literally on the edge of the path. I took some photos of this big bear as it waited to cross and could see it through my camera lens when I took it but so far I can't find it in the photos. Camouflage!
These beautiful animals are another two reminders for me to consider my lack of power and human vulnerabilities. I am not as a human some supreme being in this world in which I walk, rather as Aldo Leopold suggested just a part of it. Peace
Well as you can see this large bear; probably a male as it is mating season, did not "step" out of the woods. Rather he was probably alerted by the other ones behavior after it had stepped out onto the trail and had spotted me. As soon as the first bear saw me it quickly walked down the trail before disappearing into the woods and then this large bear lept out of the forest edge and crossed the trail. This second bear is mostly in the air, just about to land when this picture was taken. By the time that happened I had already identified it visually and was paying close attention to it as it waited to cross, crouched behind some brush literally on the edge of the path. I took some photos of this big bear as it waited to cross and could see it through my camera lens when I took it but so far I can't find it in the photos. Camouflage!
These beautiful animals are another two reminders for me to consider my lack of power and human vulnerabilities. I am not as a human some supreme being in this world in which I walk, rather as Aldo Leopold suggested just a part of it. Peace
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