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#21410 - 06/03/06 11:32 PM
You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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journeyman
Registered: 06/28/01
Posts: 52
Loc: Where the wind blows strange
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Not one  Not Two  But Three Count 'em three little bears between the Uber-potty and the stairmaster  Got Porridge? peace
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#21411 - 06/04/06 12:23 AM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 11/29/99
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Loc: Poughkeepsie
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#21412 - 06/04/06 12:40 AM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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Registered: 07/09/01
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Wow!! Great pictures... did you see Mama Bear around?
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#21414 - 06/04/06 12:58 AM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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veteran
Registered: 05/23/01
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Wow, amazing. Kind of puts to shame how impressed I was by the turkey I saw between the northbound Palisades Parkway and the first overlook just north of the GW bridge on Tuesday.
By the way, I prefer "Uber-pooper". But maybe that's just me.
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#21415 - 06/04/06 01:48 AM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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veteran
Registered: 03/22/00
Posts: 1515
Loc: CT
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That would have freaked me out a little but very cool. The carriage road looks like a jungle in your photos. Beautiful.
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#21416 - 06/04/06 02:23 AM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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old hand
Registered: 05/26/04
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I dont feel like I would have been freaked out, but I think that is probably the right feeling unless you know where mom is.
On the other hand when Evan (9) and I we saw a bear from the car on the way in to boulder at dusk in Ricketts Glen last year, it did freak us out a little bit. We just couldnt get comfortable by ourselves in the growing dark and we didnt stay to long.
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#21418 - 06/04/06 10:50 AM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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Registered: 03/13/01
Posts: 110
Loc: new paltz
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Could be from the same family (I don't know their daily migration habits), but early Friday morning two bears walked through the backyard woods. They just ambled past as I watched them from the window. Perhaps they were using the Canaan Trail as their Thruway...
I've seen evidence of bears -- mostly just stripped bark -- but never had a visual sighting until Friday.
Dell
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#21422 - 06/04/06 09:47 PM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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member
Registered: 10/18/00
Posts: 192
Loc: Delaware
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They were probably just looking for a dry route.
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#21423 - 06/05/06 03:08 PM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/05/02
Posts: 2244
Loc: a heavily fortified bunker!
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I've seen evidence of bears -- mostly just stripped bark -- but never had a visual sighting until Friday.
Dell
Saw tons and tons of stripped bark near the base of Something Interesting yesterday...
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#21424 - 06/05/06 06:07 PM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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Pooh-Bah *
Registered: 09/07/01
Posts: 2483
Loc: Davis Sq., MA
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freakin' bears never heard of "leave no trace"? 
okay, seriously though, if cliffs are closed for all manner of common bird nesting, should we worry about bear closures?
Edited by nerdom (06/05/06 06:09 PM)
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#21425 - 06/05/06 06:24 PM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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enthusiast
Registered: 03/18/05
Posts: 293
Loc: Holiday Inn Express
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Only if they nest on the GT ledge. Then you have to wait for them to fledge.
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#21426 - 06/05/06 06:27 PM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 05/01/01
Posts: 3143
Loc: in your backyard
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should we worry about bear closures?
typical range for a male bear is about 8 -15 miles.
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#21427 - 06/05/06 06:30 PM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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enthusiast
Registered: 04/19/04
Posts: 247
Loc: NJ
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I've seen evidence of bears -- mostly just stripped bark -- but never had a visual sighting until Friday.
Dell
Saw tons and tons of stripped bark near the base of Something Interesting yesterday...
Saw a dead mole at the base of High E yesterday, I figured it had taken the plunge but now....
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#21428 - 06/05/06 06:59 PM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/26/01
Posts: 2345
Loc: Boston
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should we worry about bear closures?
typical range for a male bear is about 8 -15 miles.
Actually, I think some of the big flakes at the base of the cliffs would make a pretty nice den... if it weren't for all the damn people crawling all over them. 
Seriously, though, bears are not endangered. Actually, in the Berkshires, they've become a nuisance. My family has a cabin in the eastern foothills of the Berkshires, and they actually drop off problem bears from the city around us. If my neighbor is to be believed, some of the big males have started to form roving bands that come around, rip up people's birdfeeders, gardens, sheds...
Western Mass - the Australian Penal Colony of the Mass bear population.
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#21431 - 06/06/06 05:33 PM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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Registered: 12/06/01
Posts: 1658
Loc: Danbury CT
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Or they start going through packs at the base of the cliff, lookig for a sandwich or two!
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#21432 - 06/06/06 05:41 PM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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addict
Registered: 04/26/05
Posts: 408
Loc: Da Bronx
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If a bear pees on my rope should I retire it?
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#21434 - 06/06/06 10:02 PM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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journeyman
Registered: 04/06/06
Posts: 75
Loc: NY, CA, Deutschland
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Could be from the same family (I don't know their daily migration habits), but early Friday morning two bears walked through the backyard woods. They just ambled past as I watched them from the window. Perhaps they were using the Canaan Trail as their Thruway...
I've seen evidence of bears -- mostly just stripped bark -- but never had a visual sighting until Friday.
Dell
I saw a big one on Clove Valley Rd. two weeks ago, totally beautiful. Bears are pretty common, I have seen them a bunch, but you usually have to venture out beyond your window.
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#21436 - 06/19/06 09:03 PM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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addict
Registered: 05/08/00
Posts: 459
Loc: Rosendale, NY
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We saw a mama and at least one cub (the guy in the van in front of us thought he saw another) on clove road just south of the house with the wild gnarled wood tree root "sculptures" out front. Mid-morning on Saturday last.
I have heard about a lot more bear sightings this year than in the past couple.
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#21437 - 06/20/06 02:06 PM
Re: You'll never know what you will find at the Gunks on a rainy Saturday
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Pooh-Bah *
Registered: 09/07/01
Posts: 2483
Loc: Davis Sq., MA
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hmm . . . Clove Road, eh? How long before we'll be jockeying for space at Split Rock with these furballs?
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