Critters Big and Small

Visits from wild things.

Until our neighbors enclosed their trash cans (and chicken coop) in an electric fence, a medium-size black bear was a nightly visitor.

The bear paw print is HUGE. For comparison, our dog's print is in the upper-left of the photo, and at 60 lbs, he has an impressively large paw print.

This long-horned beetle was in our wood pile. Although much smaller than a bear (!), it's quite large for an insect.

Another photo of the beetle.