Bear Webcam 2011

[Lussi05]

I thought I never would see a bear "live" because I could not stay up all night. But I had the cam open just in case. And suddenly THERE IT WAS!! I nearly fell out of my chair
Are the bears mostly out after dark, or do we have a chance to see it in daylight ( maybe a silly question )

[cougar]

No, it's not a silly question. Bears do walk out at daylight alright, especially late summer, when there are raspberries and blueberries available, oates, rhye and honey. They're not actually so night animals as people think. And all bear attacks that have been there lately, happened during the daytime.

[Felis silvestris]

I also thought so, I was joking in the afternoon I'll have to tell my boss I have to sleep because I watched the cam all night. I'm just sitting and answering some mails and from time to time click to the cam(s) ... good that I found all the buttons alright!
Don't know about day, but I guess they rather rest than roam around. the only bear that came to Germany after 100 years was killed almost immediately, but I think I remember that the sightings were mainly during night and dawn.

[Fleur]

I missed the Bear

Thanks for pictures and movie felis

[cougar]

Now it's lurkin' again, behind the big tree on the right

[Felis silvestris]

Thanks cougar - you see, we have no experience with such animals anymore. In Germany (Bavaria) the last bear was killed 100 years ago and the first one to come back (Bruno) was also killed, because he was a "problem".
Does it happen very often, that bears become a "problem" in Estonia? What is done about that? I know that in Rumania they are a problem because they are raiding the trash, even near and in cities.

[Felis silvestris]

Keep on looking, Fleur, maybe he/she will come out again!

[Lussi05]

No, it's not a silly question. Bears do walk out at daylight alright, especially late summer, when there are raspberries and blueberries available, oates, rhye and honey. They're not actually so night animals as people think. And all bear attacks that have been there lately, happened during the daytime.

Thank you Cougar Maybe, when the berries comes, we can see the bears in daylight. But it is a great pleasure to see them in the dark also.

[cougar]

They attack people as well. The last case was about a month ago, when mother with cubs attacked man almost a km from his farm an bit his leg. And there are several similar cases during the last year.

[Felis silvestris]

That's the sad thing about wildlife, it's somehow not fitting into modern man's life ...

[Fleur]

I made ​​the picture a bit lighter I see no bear
I have patience

[Lussi05]

Thanks cougar - you see, we have no experience with such animals anymore. In Germany (Bavaria) the last bear was killed 100 years ago and the first one to come back (Bruno) was also killed, because he was a "problem".
Does it happen very often, that bears become a "problem" in Estonia? What is done about that? I know that in Rumania they are a problem because they are raiding the trash, even near and in cities.

It happens in Norway also. Especially when they are attacking sheeps who is out in the woods in the summertime.

[cougar]

Bear attacks

http://www.postimees.ee/251004/esileht/ ... 148206.php

http://www.tv3play.ee/play/245394/

http://www.reporter.ee/2011/04/20/karu- ... talumeest/

http://www.ohtuleht.ee/423308

http://www.ohtuleht.ee/423231

[Fleur]

Cougar:
that is the other side of the story.
If berries grow, I hope to see them once during the day

[Fleur]

wow, those claws in the second movie

[Felis silvestris]

Had a good laugh about the google translation of the first article ... But I got the meaning.

[macdoum]

Well anyone who has been following the stories about the Black Bears in Minnisota will have learnt the attacks on people are very rare...on animals too are rare.
They are essentially vegetarians.
You can read this study on the Black Bear in America;
http://www.bearsmart.com/docs/black-bea ... -et-al.pdf

[cougar]

Yes, well, those here didn't attack humans for food, lol. And I haven't heard about attacking sheeps or cattle by bears here. Wolves do that and that's why farmers are angry to them.
Those bears were mostly disturbed or surprised mothers with cub. The moose cow with child and female boar with piglets can also attack and it had happen too.

[Felis silvestris]

That's what I meant - there is no longer the space for them to live well apart from human beings. They are disturbed and naturally sheep and other domestic animals (Bruno liked honey and I think he also emptied a few rabbit cots) are easy prey.

[Felis silvestris]

By the way - wolf - only today I read about the wolf visiting the Bavarian alps. It has disappeared and was not seen since January. Most people think he "was done away" secretly.