Bears as discerning diners in the wilds of Lake Audy
A humorous naturalist notes bears as selective eaters with a calendar driven palate. They favor dandelions aspen buds and elk calves in spring followed by ants and grubs, oats in fields, chokecherries hazelnuts and hawthorn thom apples later. Under ground, wasp nests yield valuable protein as bears hunt a new season’s bounty.
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Lake Audy
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Bears feast and hibernation timing in Riding Mountain
Ken Kingdon describes bear foraging behavior in Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve. He notes bears eating acorns maggots carrion and berries while monitoring injury in a two year old bear and explains October as a prehibernation feeding period ending with Halloween den entry.
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Gunn Lake
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Ken Kingdon
Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve
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