Huh! My house is on Sugarland Road, not far from Hughes and, so, not far from Hunting Quarter. Have never heard of nor seen a black bear in the area; glad to know they exist there. Have heard coyote getting closer, down from Sugarloaf, and a neighbor insists she has seen several times. Wonder how they co-exist.
Thanks for sharing this. That whole area is a magic place, but this is a new one for me!
Nancy Dunn
Poolesville (although living in Baltimore for now)
Philip Brody <> wrote:
There are black bear paw prints, unmistakable, in the mud on the Hunting
Quarter Road spur that leads past the pools where the Yellow-crowned Night
Herons were found earlier. The pools have dried up and the Night Herons are
gone. The paw prints are on the exposed mud flat. This is at the first parking
area down from the Hughes Hollow impoundment parking. Visible to any one
who wants to check it out. Otherwise at the Hughes Hollow impoundments
pretty much the summer usual. Nesting Baltimore Oriole feeding young on top
of a small tree off the right angle path past the first impoundment. Also
Orchard Oriole, the usual Tree Swallows, Kingbird, Green Heron, Redwing
Blackbirds, Indigo Buntings, goldfinches, Blue-gray gnatcatchers, and heard
House wren
Phil Brody |