On our way back from Iron River this
morning, a black bear went across Highway 139. Gary immediately made
a right turn onto an side road and we watched the bear cross that
road, too. Gary estimates him to be 150 lbs., and probably a second
year bear, not yet old enough for breeding. I never have a camera
ready in these situations, but I was pleased nonetheless. A summer
without a bear is not worth having.
Back at Laura Lake, both loons are out
fishing, which probably means the chicks have hatched out. For the
past weeks, at least one loon has been on the nesting platform
provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. By law,
the forests belong to the National Forest Service but the waters
belong to the State of Wisconsin.
We found out today that the Sturgeon
Guard shirts we ordered in May are on the way. I'd been wondering
about that since my check had not cleared. Now we will be properly
clad whenever we stand over the banks of the Wolf River in the
spring.
The belted kingfisher finally showed
himself to me this evening. I'd heard his complaining whenever he
missed his prey but never saw him until now.
We haven't seen the porcupine but
tonight saw his work on the outhouse next to the boat landing. The door frames had been chewed off as tall as he could reach.
I warned campers at the Flats who had
three dogs, two of whom were running loose, that they didn't want to
have a run in with a porcupine. We saw them tonight and the dogs
were still running loose. I hope they have the phone number of a
local veterinarian.
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