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.