There is a great little birding spot about 100 hundred metres away from our home here in Nakusp - Spicer's Farm. The Farm or simply 'Spicer's' as it is known, acts, to some degree, as a migrant trap. Birds are attracted by a small flourish of deciduous trees, a range of habitats in a small area and, best of all, a large compost pile. This pile, which is amply fed from leftover food from Overwaitea [the local grocery], provides heat and food for insects which, in turn, provide food for birds.
Now I've known for a while that the compost attracts not only birds. A few weeks ago there were a couple of large poo piles that could only have come from one source.
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| One Big Black Bear! |
Today I saw the source - a large black bear half way up a conifer. He was doing his best to sleep. Practicing, no doubt, for a lengthy winter slumber that must soon be starting. So our hello today was probably also our goodbye.
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