Tag Archives: Black Bear

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Suzy Worsham’s critter camera showed a big Black Bear checking out items at her place on Iversen Road several weeks ago. She wrote, “We had a visitor at our back door last night! The last time this happened was when it was also a low producing Huckleberry season back in 2022. We had so many Huckleberries last year and this year there are none.”

 

Here's is the video: Black Bear visit by Suzy Worsham

There are very few Huckleberries, and they are smaller than usual, and quite sparse. You can lift a branch where last year there might have been 50 or 60 fat berries. This year you are lucky to find one berry. There was an early heatwave that may have affected the berries, and/or the plants are taking a year off after one of the most fabulous huckleberry years ever – 2023.

Thanks to Suzy for allowing me to share her video with you here. Lions, and tigers, and...

Very foggy at the coast. Gualala was socked in for most of the day, but Anchor Bay was living up to its banana belt designation and was in sun. Sunny on the ridge, and quite mild.

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We know several Black Bears live on the Mendonoma Coast. The proliferation of motion detector cameras/wildlife cameras gives us a peek at their nocturnal visits - this visit was on July 24, 2024.

Pat Whelan sent in two videos for us to enjoy. Once the bear disappears in the video, you can stop watching. I need to learn how to crop a video - soon!

Bear visit 7.24.24 courtesy of Pat Whelan

Bear leaving 7.24.24 courtesy of Pat Whelan

This sure looks like a healthy bear! Thanks to Pat for allowing me to share her videos with  you here.

Same weather pattern, fog in the morning and mild temps in the afternoon.

 

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Pat Whelan wrote, "We had a Black Bear visit Monday night 2:30am as seen on our critter cam. He/she sniffed the bear boxes and then walked down the trail towards the creek.  No damage."

"Last year our trash enclosure was badly damaged by a bear on two different occasions.  We now have bear boxes!  We ordered them through Tahoe Bear Boxes." Their website is https://bearbox.org/

Here are two videos showing this Black Bear. He/she has a lot of twigs and leaves on its back. I wonder if the bear was sleeping nearby just before his visit.

And here is where the Black Bear is leaving their property.

Thanks to Pat for allowing me to share her videos with you here.

It's warmer today and the breeze is not so brisk. Sunny and warmer for tomorrow and the weekend!

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Black Bears in Mendonoma with guest speakers Meghan Walla-Murphy of North Bay Bear Collaborative and Stacy Martinelli of California Fish and Wildlife

Gualala Arts Lecture Series

Thursday, January 11 at 7 pm

Gualala Arts Center Coleman Hall

$5 at the door

This Black Bear was recently photographed on the Gualala ridge by a Nest camera. They live here too, and we need to learn how to peacefully share the Mendonoma Coast.

This photo is from a video of Kathy Willem's Nest camera.

More on the Black Bear talk can be found at this link to Gualala Arts: https://gualalaarts.org/2024/01/black-bears-in-mendonoma/

Thanks to Kathy for allowing me to share a photo from her video.

It's windy, cold, with rain showers...kind of feels like winter!

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We've been seeing lots of evidence of a Black Bear, especially at The Sea Ranch. Joe Dobrenski's camera caught the big bear. Here are two stills from the video that Joe's son provided.

And here is one of the videos.

 

Amy Ruegg came across Black Bear scat the same week of Joe's sighting. It's studded with huckleberries.

And several weeks ago Amy came across this snag where a Black Bear was digging for insects, possibly termites.

Yep, Black Bears are year round residents of the Mendonoma Coast! Thanks to Joe and Amy for allowing me to share their photos and the video here with you.

It's a magnificent day here today - sunny, warm with little or no breeze.