Double Double Trouble

Not only is it bear cub season near the Yuba Pass - they're also out in the Tehachapis.

Under some shady canyon oaks, near a still-summer-trickling creek, at 'round 9pm, these fluffy future mischief makers came to explore my scented scene...









And at 11am the next day, just 3 miles and a canyon away, another cam had a similar show...













Of course, black bears shouldn't be in the Tehachapis. These were the lands of the grizzly - the true brown bear. But, the last of Tehachapan grizzlies was killed in Kern County in 1918, opening the way for opportunistic black bears to immigrate and spread out - much like us.

And, much like us, they seem to be doing pretty darn well.

Let's just hope they keep playing nice with my cameras. :)

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References:

• Nature of a Man (this blog) - 3 Goldilocked Bears
• Nature of a Man (this blog) - posts about cam trapping the Tehachapis 
• Wikipedia - Black bear, Ursus americanus
• Wikipedia - Brown bear, Ursus arctos

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