Tuesday 15 July 2014

Black Bear in the GTA

I was out at a work site with Ken in the Markham area and stumbled across some interesting tracks.  Up north in the Canadian shield I wouldn't have hesitated to call these bear tracks, but down this far south in Southern Ontario I was shocked to see such a thing!  After some examination we both came to the conclusion that indeed these are the tracks of a black bear.  You can see all five toes register and the overall shape of the track is flat bottomed.  A really cool find, and certainly unexpected!


Black Bear track!

Note the characteristic pigeon-toed walk with the toes pointed inwards

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  1. You can see all five toes register and the overall shape of the track is flat bottomed. A really cool find, and certainly unexpected! hack

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