Kim Cabrera: Black Bears Feeding on Tasty Grass

Local tracker Kim Cabrera captured this video of our local wildlife. Cabrera writes:

Several black bears, including one mother and cub, have been feeding on fresh grass in this field. It is late fall and the bears are in a stage called hyperphagia, which means they are eating as much as they can. They do this to gain weight for the coming winter months when they will be in dens. There are acorns around, but not as many as a month ago, so the bears are eating the grass too. Anything to pack on the pounds. The little cub is pretty entertaining. He seems to be feeling lazy and decides to lie down and just eat grass while mother bear wanders around him feeding. There also seem to be at least two other larger bears that I suspect are the males, who visit this field. Doesn’t that grass look tasty?

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