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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk tales. In the European Union there are only 10,000 mature bears (source: IUCN). Not much further, on the new tarmac that ends 6 km before the Gramos village, we find muddy bear footprints crossing the road.

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Woolly Bears And Winter

10,000 Birds

My daughter and I were exploring our yard the other day, which presented the perfect opportunity to introduce her to one of the coolest, cuddliest caterpillars of all… The wonderful Woolly Bear Caterpillar ( Pyrrharctia isabella ) is a common sight once October rolls around in temperate regions of the United States east of the Mississippi.

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Birding the Bear Mountain of Serbia

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A narrow forest road takes us to the chain blocking the entrance, with a sign “Area closed – bear danger”. This feeding station is not here for the tourists: in order to lower the bee-hive raiding (even the Serbian word for a bear, medved, comes from the word honey – med), supplementary feeding was offered to local bears for several decades.

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Spectacled Bears at Machu Picchu

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The beautiful Andean or Highland Motmot The iridescence on this Chestnut-breasted Coronet is dazzling The endemic Green-and-white Hummingbird A female C**k-of-the-rock nesting close to the river Whilst looking for another Andean Motmot to film, I heard one of the guides yell out that they had located a Spectacled Bear. Holy mackerel!

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Another Reason to Keep Your Cats Indoors – Bears!

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Some cats, like my Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Paul’s pet, Pippa, are not bright enough to realize that, you know, that’s a freaking bear! … a.

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Bears and Bobwhites

10,000 Birds

ps There’s bears! The Shenandoah National Park is sited on the eastern side of the southern Appalacian Mountains, just 75 miles from Washington DC. This section, in Virginia, is known as the Blue Ridge Mountains, I am sure we all know the song!

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This is a page about Moon Bears. It's supposed to be for kids, but it's actually pretty good for just about anyone that doesn't know much about Moon bears (and other species). Tags: bears. Got this page from pandarazzi on Twitter.

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