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Just wait until the mountain lions and brown bears start prowling around looking for snacks :-) For folks further out into the 'human/wildlife interface' as th

Just wait until the mountain lions and brown bears start prowling around looking for snacks :-) For folks further out into the 'human/wildlife interface' as the Forest Service calls it (or the 'cafeteria' as I call it) sightings of all wildlife is up. Some friends who retired out in Brentwood[1] (not the LA neighborhood, the town outside of Livermore CA) They now have nearly continual deer presence and multiple daily sightings of Coyote and Fox around mid-morning and dusk. They have heard mountain lions but haven't seen one yet, and no bears so far. [1] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Brentwood,+CA+94513/@37.9077743,-121.9017665,10.08z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x808ff999f087c8cd:0x7e19835b56d29a02!8m2!3d37.931868!4d-121.6957863 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Brentwood,+CA+94513/@37.90...

russell_h 7y ago
For what it’s worth, there aren’t thought to be any brown bears left in California; the closest ones are in Washington or maybe Idaho.
- thaumaturgy 7y ago
  This is largely a matter of local lexical confusion. In the US, "brown bear" can mean two things: a black bear with a brown coat (ursus americanus), or a grizzly (ursus arctos horribilis, which makes me giggle every time). Across the pond, "brown bear" probably means ursus arctos arctos, a cousin of our own more foul-tempered beasties. But when a Californian says "brown bear", usually they just mean a brown-coated black bear (https://bear.org/black-bear-color-phases/ https://bear.org/black-bear-color-phases/).
  - look_lookatme 7y ago
    > But when a Californian says "brown bear", usually they just mean a brown-coated black bear (https://bear.org/black-bear-color-phases/ https://bear.org/black-bear-color-phases/). Well that's confusing. Whenever I hear brown bear (in hunting contexts, etc) I assume grizzly.
- cushychicken 7y ago
  Idaho. There hasn't been a confirmed grizzly bear sighting in Washington since the late 90s. They're presumed to be extinct in WA.
  - herdrick 7y ago
    They're there, though. https://www.backcountrychronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/grizzly-bear-distribution-range-map-2018.gif https://www.backcountrychronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/gri... EDIT: Also https://www.backcountrychronicles.com/grizzly-bear-distribution/ https://www.backcountrychronicles.com/grizzly-bear-distribut...
    - cushychicken 7y ago
      Probably. "Confirmed" just means that, if someone saw one, nobody was able to officially corroborate the sighting.
    - cushychicken 7y ago
      I hadn't seen that news about someone seeing a grizzly in the Cascades. I've been to the North Cascades several times. Ranger guidance has always been "There aren't really any meaningful populations of grizzlies here. We're pretty sure that, if there is one here, it's a transient from Canada." You still have to take bear precautions there because of black bears, though.

russell_h 7y ago

For what it’s worth, there aren’t thought to be any brown bears left in California; the closest ones are in Washington or maybe Idaho.

thaumaturgy 7y ago
This is largely a matter of local lexical confusion. In the US, "brown bear" can mean two things: a black bear with a brown coat (ursus americanus), or a grizzly (ursus arctos horribilis, which makes me giggle every time). Across the pond, "brown bear" probably means ursus arctos arctos, a cousin of our own more foul-tempered beasties. But when a Californian says "brown bear", usually they just mean a brown-coated black bear (https://bear.org/black-bear-color-phases/ https://bear.org/black-bear-color-phases/).
- look_lookatme 7y ago
  > But when a Californian says "brown bear", usually they just mean a brown-coated black bear (https://bear.org/black-bear-color-phases/ https://bear.org/black-bear-color-phases/). Well that's confusing. Whenever I hear brown bear (in hunting contexts, etc) I assume grizzly.
cushychicken 7y ago
Idaho. There hasn't been a confirmed grizzly bear sighting in Washington since the late 90s. They're presumed to be extinct in WA.
- herdrick 7y ago
  They're there, though. https://www.backcountrychronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/grizzly-bear-distribution-range-map-2018.gif https://www.backcountrychronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/gri... EDIT: Also https://www.backcountrychronicles.com/grizzly-bear-distribution/ https://www.backcountrychronicles.com/grizzly-bear-distribut...
  - cushychicken 7y ago
    Probably. "Confirmed" just means that, if someone saw one, nobody was able to officially corroborate the sighting.
  - cushychicken 7y ago
    I hadn't seen that news about someone seeing a grizzly in the Cascades. I've been to the North Cascades several times. Ranger guidance has always been "There aren't really any meaningful populations of grizzlies here. We're pretty sure that, if there is one here, it's a transient from Canada." You still have to take bear precautions there because of black bears, though.