We had quite a bear weekend. We had 2 bears Saturday morning.  I have 2 mist nets setup in the swamp on the north side of the house. I was headed out to open the nets about 5am and metup with a large light brown snouted bear. I backed off and it exited towards the road. He headed up the pavement (200yds or so) all the way to the stop sign from my house and turned right onto Hanover center rd. Then I opened the nets in the swamp and the nets in my yard and sat on the deck. About 6:15 another large bear, totally black snouted, came up the net lane behind the wood pile in the yard, saw/smelled me and almost walked right into one of my nets, luckily he saw or felt it on his nose and went around it into the field behind and headed south towards hanover center road too.

Sunday morning, I opened nets 5am, and around 8:30, 2 different bears, a large mamma and a smaller yearling or maybe even a 2yr old bear came into the yard and snorted around on some old sunflower husks, checked out the platform feeder, Then shuffled off into the field and into the woods towards the east... 

Earlier in May we had a mamma and tiny cub come thru as well. 

So that makes 6 different bears this spring...... I think I'm on a bear trail..........

Birds banded:
Chipping Sparrow 
Sap Suckers - 3 (male and female pair with nest)
Song Sparrow 
Grackle 
Catbird 
Chickadee - some
Evening Grosbeak -3
Purple Finch
Alder Flycatcher - first id by primaries then confirmed by song...nice when that happens.....otherwise a bugger for me to ID with any confidence. Got lucky when it sang after release. :o)
Common Yellowthroat - male and female
Blue Jay - 2
Red Wing Blackbird
Cowbird
RB nuthatch
WB Nuthatch
Downy WP
Hairy WP
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Broad Wing Hawk........not banded


David Merker
Human Resources
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
603-653-0435
www.lifeworkshere.org


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