Wandering the woods, breathing with trees, photographing
spring treasures, I heard a unique scrambling sound.
One is wise to take
note of sounds while in the wilds of this NW corner of Montana.
For we
live with the critters of fairy tales.
Looking in the direction of the
sound I saw a black bear scurrying up a tall conifer tree, bark flying
as she did.
Oh!
Since she was kind of far and up a tree I snapped a few
photos.
But really, she got up that tree so fast, she could have gotten
to me before I knew what was happening.
Later I learned that my camera
captured her two little cubs! She had sent her cubs to safety and
followed after them.
A good bear encounter!
Each May, when wandering the woods, my eyes scan the
forest floor for fairy slippers, the calypso orchid.
Absolutely thrilling!
and
shooting stars
a little past its prime
yet still a thrill to find
the highly sought after morel mushroom
moss is growing
and so beautiful up close!
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