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Uncle-A

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Not me! If you've never seen a black bear climb or down climb a tree, here's a video which demonstrates their abilities:
By the way, they can also run extremely fast when motivated to, including up steep hillsides with great agility.
That is impressive, how big of a bear was it? It doesn't look real big and the larger the bear better pick the strongest trees . Wouldn't the bigger bears be slower?
 

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If you've never seen a black bear climb or down climb a tree, here's a video which demonstrates their abilities:
Who would win? Bear or professional log climber? :D
Now THAT would be a race to see!

 

Jack skis

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I cannot take credit for the two fox pictures I posted. They were found on one of my late life partner Gwen's cameras by a friend to whom I gave the camera. I'd forgotten about the camera and when I found it passed it along to a photographer friend. He gave me the pics on a thumb drive, they bring back good memories. The fox hunting photo was taken from the window over the kitchen sink, through a screen which accounts for the photo quality. The white at the bottom of the photo is the snow piled up about 6' deep outside the window, the window that had to be constantly shoveled out. It was/is a snowy place.
 

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A young Bald Eagle hanging out with Crows. A relitive took this near Sequim, WA.
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Bad Bob

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This is surprising to me. I see crows dive bombing eagles around here frequently. I thought it was a blood feud or something.
Me too. Perhaps the innocents (ignorance) of youth? I have no explanation but they all look pretty chill with the situation.
 

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Far back in this thread I shared the picture below. It is of a Southern Resident orca in J pod nicknamed "Cappuccino." He approached our sailboat in the boudary waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington and the Gulf Islands of B.C. and dove under the bow of the boat. We were drifting at the time because of the regulations against powering near or approaching orcas. He sought us out, probably to make sure we were not a threat while the rest of the pod stayed farther off. It was the thrill of a lifetime.

Today in the news it said that Cappuccino is now near death. He has lost weight and is miles behind his pod. He is 35 years old and the average lifetime of male orcas is 30 years, so it's sad but not unexpected.

I snapped this photo when he surfaced after passing under our bow.

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Bad Bob

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Far back in this thread I shared the picture below. It is of a Southern Resident orca in J pod nicknamed "Cappuccino." He approached our sailboat in the boudary waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington and the Gulf Islands of B.C. and dove under the bow of the boat. We were drifting at the time because of the regulations against powering near or approaching orcas. He sought us out, probably to make sure we were not a threat while the rest of the pod stayed farther off. It was the thrill of a lifetime.

Today in the news it said that Cappuccino is now near death. He has lost weight and is miles behind his pod. He is 35 years old and the average lifetime of male orcas is 30 years, so it's sad but not unexpected.

I snapped this photo when he surfaced after passing under our bow.

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Thank you for sharing that. "Like", is the wrong term for this. Being up close to the Orca is a great thrill. Gods speed Cappuccino.
 

Andy Mink

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The eagle and buck were on bikes rides on Lummi Island, Washington. The deer was on a bike ride today in Reno.
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