This is a recording of a Black Bear inspecting my recording rig at sunset at Bigelow Meadow Botanical Area, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California.
I left my recording rig in an Aspen thicket at the edge of the meadow to record all day, and went to retrieve it at sunset. Just as I arrived on the far side of the meadow, I saw a Black Bear emerge from the Aspen thicket right where my equipment was. It walked out on the meadow and began grazing on grass as I slowly walked towards it. When I was about 200 feet away it looked up at me, I waved my arms, and it ran off into the forest. It was a pretty big bear with beautiful brown fur(Black Bears come in many colors, not just black), and I felt lucky to see it, and even luckier when I found that though the microphone had been knocked over, it and everything else was undamaged. I think that means that I passed the inspection!
164: Peaceful Night In The Forest
163: Gold Bluffs Beach- At The Edge Of The Beach And Forest
162: Gold Bluffs Beach- Low Tide in the Intertidal Zone
161: Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park- Redwood Tree Ears- Dawn In The Forest
160: Gold Bluffs Beach- All Night On The High Tide Line
159: Wind In the Grass at McArthur Swamp
Bonus! Busy Backyard Bird Feeder
158: Breezy Winter Afternoon Beside Big Lake
157: January Evening at the Mouth of the Klamath River
Bonus! Listening Back On 2023
156: Tree Ears- Rainy Night At Bigelow Meadow
155: Blustery Autumn Afternoon Beside Frozen Medicine Lake
Bonus! Binaural Ice Sounds At Medicine Lake
154: Surreal Ice Sounds At Medicine Lake
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153: Tree Ears- Autumn Day In Douglas Fir Forest
152: Breezy Autumn Day At Porcupine Lake
151: Autumn Day Beside Trough Creek
150: Tree Ears- Rainy Autumn Night In The Forest
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