Several weeks ago Marva Jacobs wrote, “We had a very large Bear eating cherries, even though they are not ripe yet, at 7:45 am!   He first ripped open a hole in the plastic netting and sat under the tree eating the windfalls. Awesome and terrifying. A good six feet tall, standing on his hind legs, and probably 300 pounds!”

The average weight for an adult female  Black Bear is 175 pounds, and the average for an adult male is 400 pounds. Sure looks like a big male to me!

Black Bears are omnivores, which means they pretty much eat anything, including carrion. I know from experience that they love apples and huckleberries.

Thanks to Marva for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

Foggy this morning, blue skies appeared this afternoon. A big fog bank is lurking over the Pacific Ocean. It's been keeping us nice and cool as much of the country is under a heat dome.