Saturday - In the wee hours of the morning a big bear was spotted at Hidden Pond! The deer were pretty thick there a few hours later but they were acting strange, like they were afraid to get close to the deer feeder. Maybe the smell of the bear had them a bit spooked! The Osprey was in the top of the lake tree first thing this foggy morning at Bird Point; it sure is good to see him again! It wasn't too long before he caught his first fish of the day! Deer and raccoons have been in and out of most of the cameras all morning and a squirrel was playing in the feeder at Dogwood Mountain. Lost Field had a bear this morning!  Now this is strictly my opinion and nothing anyone else has ever mentioned but I've noticed that sometimes when it rains a lot one day the bears may miss coming out for a day or so. I don't think they like the storms and torrential downpours!  A couple of bucks had a sparing match on Fossil Ridge! I hear through the grapevine we'll be seeing a lot more of that in the near future!

We had several turkeys at Hidden Pond this afternoon and raccoons this evening. We also saw raccoons at Deer Run, Dogwood Mountain, Turkey Hollow, Lost Field and Fossil Ridge.

Sunday - Bears were seen on Upper Springs and Fossil Ridge today! Turkeys were on several cameras as were deer and raccoons. There were 6 tom turkeys on Fossil Ridge and several Wood Ducks were trying to get a turn at the feeder on Hidden Pond but deer scared them away! The Great Blue Heron was again at Bird Point today and seems to have gotten a bit of fishing in too!  Lots of ducks were hanging around too, along with a few deer and turkeys. We heard some type of owl in the background on Bird Point today and there was talk of the Great Horned Owl. For anyone who doesn't already know; we have one which comes to Bird Point and we call him/her Hootie! We all enjoy it when Hootie makes an appearance!

Wildlife sighted at USeeWildlife.com so far are Black Bears, Gray Foxes, Skunk, White Deer, White-tail Deer, Fox and Gray Squirrels, Groundhogs, Chipmunks, Bobcats, Coyotes, Raccoons, Opossum, Armadillo, Cougar, Bats and Rabbits.

Water and shore birds seen so far are Melanistic or Hybrid Mallard/Black Duck, Snow Geese, Trumpeter Swans, Canada Geese, Mallard, Wood Ducks, Ringneck Ducks, Wigeon, American Coot, Gadwall, Ringbills, Pintail Duck, Canvasback Duck, Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Goldeneye Duck, Little Blue Heron, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Sand Piper, Killdeer, Osprey, Belted Kingfisher, Cattle Egrets and Great Egret.

Woodpeckers spotted to date are Downy, Red-headed, Pileated, Red-bellied, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Northern Flicker.

Birds of Prey and larger birds seen so far are Bald and Golden Eagles, Eastern Wild Turkeys, Great Horned Owls, Double-Crested Cormorants, Black and Turkey Vultures, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk and Red-tailed Hawk.

Song and other birds seen (or heard) so far are Blue and Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals, Eastern Meadowlarks, Brown Thrasher, American and Fish Crows, Great Crested Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Carolina Chickadee, White-throated, Field, Chipping and Song Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ovenbird, Carolina Wren, Whip-poor-will, Dark-eyed Junco (Snowbird), Mourning Doves, Purple Martins, Tree & Barn Swallows, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Tufted Titmouse, European Starling, Pine Warbler, Summer (Tanager) Piranga, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Eastern Towhee, Phoebe, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Louisiana Waterthrush, Eastern Wood Pewee, Orchard Oriole, Kentucky Warbler, Eastern Bluebirds, Northern Parula Warbler and Indigo Bunting.

Butterflies seen to date are the Zebra Swallowtail, Red-spotted Admiral; Question Marks, Commas, Hackberry Emperor, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Red Admiral, Snout Butterfly and Pipevine Swallowtail.

Dragonflies seen to date are Common Whitetail or Long-tailed Skimmer, Ebony Jewelwing and Halloween Pennants.

Reptiles seen to date are Timber Rattlesnakes, Northern Fence Lizard and 3-toed box turtles

Amphibians seen or heard to date are Fowler's/Woodhouses Toad, Dwarf American Toad, Green and Gray Tree Frogs, Cricket Frogs, Southern Leopard Frogs, Bull Frogs and Bronze (Banjo) Frogs. (Thank you hraney for the IDs)

Well it was a pretty good weekend here at USeeWildlife.com and I hope you all enjoyed it! God bless you and yours! Debbie

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