Re: [Maine-birds] Re: Our Maine Black Bear

As I have learned from hunters, the minute the snow flies, they den
up, usually November.

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Hirundo <web@hirundomaine.org> wrote:
> Hope this will help. It varies quite a bit both temporally and spatially and
> is largely based on food availability (less food = earlier hibernation).
> But I don't really know within 3 weeks (again, it varies)....mid-October
> until late April?
>
> On Friday, December 7, 2012 10:48:22 AM UTC-5, Clark Moseley wrote:
>>
>>
>> This year because of Black Bear activity I had to stop putting food out in
>> my bird feeding station in May. I began putting food out again 2 weeks ago
>> and have been lucky so far. Can someone give me the average starting and
>> ending date for the Black Bear hibernation period in the state of Maine?
>> Plus or minus 3 weeks would be good.
>>
>> Chip
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>> Sedgwick, ME 04676
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>>
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