Posted on by Dan Wolf

Spooky Foggy

Welcome to spooky foggy October. Or at least, so it says

on the Roxborough State Park FB page, here.

 

Spooky Foggy

 

I can attest it was pretty much like this when I went on my 2-mile hike this morning on the Fountain Valley Trail – to the Persse House and back – though it is bright and sunny now. (See photos from 2019, here.)

 

I didn’t see either of these rarer species on my walk today, though both of these shots were taken within a mile of our house.

 

Mtn. Lion

 

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I did however see 40 mule deer today. That’s right, you heard me:  Forty. Mule. Deer. As an  Iowa friend likes to say of both bugs and Iowa Republicans: “It was just filthy with them.”
Joni Ernst, is that YOU???  🙂

 

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I also didn’t see any bears on my walk today, although the trail had piles of fresh bear scat spaced about 40 yards apart. Rather than show you photos of that, I’ve dug out some archive shots from in front of the Wells Fargo building in downtown Sacramento.

 

Bear sign
“Bear sign.”
Nothing foggy or spook, just bears.
Much prettier than piles of bear poop – or Iowa Republicans. (Take your pick.)

 

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Last but not least, maybe you can view the video of last night’s pumpkin raid from our neighbor’s doorbell camera:  RingVideo.  If not visible to you, trust me:  Bears like pumpkins even better than they like Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes.  Hey, that scat’s gotta come from somewhere!

One Reply to “Spooky Foggy”

  1. Now we know how to distinguish bear scat from other scat – smells like pumpkin. As compared to brown bear scat that smells like bear spray and has little bear bells in it.

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