Bears

Last year, our granddaughter went to the cabin in the mountains with us. What a great time we had! She and I played in the creek behind the house, the water was so cold, but we had a blast!  The cabin borders the National Forest and there are a lot of critters come through there.  Our friend gave up on putting up bird feeders because the bears tear them up, so she feeds her birds and squirrels on a big ole stump. Sometimes a bear will come by to see if there are any sunflower seeds out.  There was just a few left from the birds and this one bear just couldn't leave the stump alone.  We named him Sunflower.  We also saw a young bear that looked as though he had been caught in a steel trap.  We named her Pitiful, because she was skinny and her front paw was almost cut off.  I saw her yesterday, her leg was healed and she looked healthier. She seemed to be getting around pretty good.  I even saw a coyote easing across the ridge line.