http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/ en Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:44:03 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sandvox 2.1.8 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-195358.html <div class="article-summary"><p>This is the last photograph of the night, so apparently whatever it is that has gotten the black bear's attention either prompts him to go hide or to work his way along the tree line for a closer look. It is unlikely that he would cross the open field, as bears prefer to remain hidden within the trees. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:15 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-195358.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographypetraaroostook http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-195357.html <div class="article-summary"><p>Something across the field, or on the road beyond, has the black bear's attention. The next photo will be the last, so he evidentally leaves the camera view for the night. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:15 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-195357.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsstandingdancingpetraaroostook http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-195355.html <div class="article-summary"><p>The bear is standing so that he can see over the long grass, looking across the field toward the direction of a bend in the road. While it is possible that an ATV or car may be traveling along the road, it is unlikely that anyone would be there after dark. More likely, it is another animal that has gotten the bear's attention. Moose and deer bed down in the long grass along the field, and there are other bear in the area as well. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:15 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-195355.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographypetraaroostookstandingdancing http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-195352.html <div class="article-summary"><p>The photographs is not very clear because the bear has smudged the lens of the wildlife camera, but it has been about twenty-five minutes since we last saw the bear, and here he is again - dancing in the fields of Petra. Actually, of course, he's simply standing so that he can look over the long grass across the field. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-195352.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsdancingstandingphotographypetraaroostook http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-192832.html <div class="article-summary"><p>The bear has left my camera smudged, as it will remain until I return for the disk and clean the camera lens. The bear is off camera now, but I don't think he's gone far because we'll see him again. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-192832.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographspicturepicturespetraaroostook http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-192831.html <div class="article-summary"><p>The bear has left some smudges on the camera, either by breathing on the lens or by putting his nose up against it; or both. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-192831.html maineblackbearwildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographyclose-uppetraaroostook http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-192830-2.html <div class="article-summary"><p>If this is the same black bear that we've seen many times before, the bear has also seen the camera affixed to trees in several places throughout the forest so it's to be expected that he might be curious about it. Once again, I wouldn't want to be holding this camera. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-192830-2.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographyclose-uppetraaroostook http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-192830.html <div class="article-summary"><p>This time the black bear is facing the road, but that is probably coincidental. As you will soon see, his interest lies more with the camera than anything that might be on the road. At 7:30 p.m., it is unlikely that anyone is on the seasonal road that passes through this part of Petra, Maine. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-192830.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraclose-upphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographypicturepicturespetraaroostook http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-192828.html <div class="article-summary"><p>Nearly an hour has passed since we last saw the black bear, with any certaintly, in the long grass in front of the wildlife camera. Now he appears to be taking a personal interest in the wildlife camera again. How do I know it's the bear? Click over to the next photograph. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-192828.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraattackphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographypicturepicturespetraaroostook http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183916.html <div class="article-summary"><p>I don't know what has activated the camera, unless the small black spot that we see in the long grass is the black bear lying down, mostly hidden by the grass around him. The wildlife camera is activated by movement and body heat. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183916.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographypetraaroostook http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183915.html <div class="article-summary"><p>Nine minutes have gone by since we last saw the black bear in the long grass in front of the camera, which is set up in a tree facing the back of a field in Petra, Maine. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183915.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographypetraaroostook http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183026.html <div class="article-summary"><p>Bear facts: Black bears may have litters of from one to six cubs, although two is the most common number. There is generally only one cub in a black bear's first litter. Although black bears are weaned at from six to eight months of age, they remain with their mothers for two winters, so females reproduce every other year, or less often. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183026.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographypetraaroostook http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183025.html <div class="article-summary"><p>Bear facts: Historically, black bears inhabited nearly all of the forested areas of North America. In the United States today, they are restricted to areas that are less densely populated by people, although they have adapted to living in proximity of smaller populations of human beings. In Canada, they still inhabit most of their historic ranges except for some heavily agricultural areas. In Mexico, only a few remnant population remain, mostly in mountainous areas. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183025.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographypetraaroostook http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183024.html <div class="article-summary"> <div> </div> </div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183024.html http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183023.html <div class="article-summary"><p>How cute, the bear is praying. Actually, the black bear is simply going back down on all fours after having stood up to see over the long grass. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183023.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographspicturepicturesphotographyaroostookprayingstanding http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183021.html <div class="article-summary"><p>About seven minutes have elapsed since the bear attacked the wildlife camera. In that time, the sun has set and we can see the black bear standing up in the long grass. When bears are on all fours, their head is rather low to the ground so they will often stand on their back legs in order to see over long grass or other vegetation, and will sometimes even walk for short distances on two legs. In this case, the bear is looking into the woods away from the road, so there is nothing on the road that has caught his attention. </p><p>In full daylight, someone passing by the road might be able to see the bear at his current location, since he has stepped away from the tree line into the buffer zone between the trees and the cultivated field. However, it is now dusk so it is unlikely that anyone would be able to see him if someone were on the road. It is also likely that the bear would know it if someone were on the road, and would no longer be here. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-183021.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographypicturepicturespetraaroostookduskstanding http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-182352.html <div class="article-summary"><p>The Primos Truth Cam 35 wildlife camera is itself encased in a rugged plastic shell. In addition to that, I purchased an optional metal protective case, which I think was a good idea. As you can see, the Maine black bear is pressed tightly to the camera but the camera survives it. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-182352.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographicphotographypicturepicturesprimostruth camtruth cam 35 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-182351.html <div class="article-summary"><p>No, the camera hasn't failed. The bear is pressed tightly against the camera. This is, I think, the third time that the black bear has attacked the wildlife camera, and that's not counting the time that he scratched his back on it. I am happy that I opted for the rigid metal protective case. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-182351.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographypetraaroostook http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-182350.html <div class="article-summary"><p>From this location, the black bear may or may not be visible from the road, which would be off to the left of the screen. Because the camera is attached to the trunk of a tree at the tree line and not within the field itself, it's doubtful that anyone passing by would be able to see the bear at this location. Also, it is nearly 6:30 in the evening and the road is a seasonal road, mostly used by ATVs at this time of the year, and the ATV traffic would likely have stopped for the day by now, as it is near dark. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-182350.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographypetra http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-182349.html <div class="article-summary"><p>Having stared directly into the lens of the wildlife camera, the black bear looks away for a moment. </p></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:43:14 -0400 http://www.petramainewildlife.com/072011-photos/072011-182349.html maineblackbearbearswildlifecameraphotophotosphotographphotographsphotographypetraaroostook