Coal Creek Canyon Community Blog

The Bears are awake…

Filed under: hot-topics, wildlife — Tags: bear, black bear, wildlife — coalcreek @ 3:16 am

The bears are awake, at least two bear encounters in Coal Creek Canyon have been recorded. One was scat, the other was a bear taking down bird feeders. See more:

http://wildobs.com/map/Coal-Creek-Canyon-CO/American-Black-Bear

Bear in Coal Creek Canyon

Remember to lock your car doors and keep nice smells out of them/the garage.

http://www.wildobs.com/sean_kiz/2008/11/7/A-bear-ate-my-car

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Hummers are back…

Filed under: hot-topics, wildlife — Tags: hummers, hummingbirds, seasonal — coalcreek @ 7:25 pm

The hummers are back (at least the scouts are) and seem to have survived the big storm:

http://wildobs.com/map/Coal-Creek-Canyon-CO/Broadtailed-Hummingbird

Give your feeders a good cleaning and get these entertaining birds to your home:

http://www.hummingbirds.net/feeders.html#cleaning

Male Scout Hummer

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Bighorn Sheep spotted in Coal Creek Canyon

Filed under: alert, wildlife — Tags: bighorn sheep, cool encounter, out-of-place, wildlife — coalcreek @ 8:50 pm

Yesterday there were two sightings of Bighorn Sheep in Coal Creek Canyon. Amazing, and first records of such an encounter up here.

Keep your eye peel between the long straight-away and the S curve and you may get to see him.

See more:
http://wildobs.com/map/Coal-Creek-Canyon-CO/Bighorn-Sheep

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Bear-totaled car gets Canyonites on 9News…

Filed under: alert, hot-topics, wildlife — coalcreek @ 2:52 am

Sean and the girls will be on 9 news (possibly 4-5p.m., possibly later.)

This encounter:

http://wildobs.com/sean_kiz/2008/11/7/A-bear-ate-my-car

Has initiated this coverage:

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=103825&catid=339

Here is the video of the news report:

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=103825&catid=188

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What a day in Coal Creek Canyon

Filed under: wildlife — Jan_W @ 10:00 pm

Friday was a day to remember and one that some local car owners would like to forget - although the memories, especially for the girls may be worth even more than the trashed Sequoia. Their big window looked right out onto the driveway where the car was parked.

The mom did everything right once she realized the bear was in her car. What we need to recommend is

not leaving cars unlocked,
maybe putting alarms on them if they can’t be put in a garage.
snd, not allowing a car wash person to include nice smelling mat sprays!

Still, there were further wild encounters that day…
A canyonite from the upper canyon called as she had just watched a mt. lion take down a deer very close to her house. (isn’t that picture great!) She heard the growl, saw the great struggle, watched as another deer stood watching. Finally the lion dragged the deer down the hill out of her sight. She had a safe vantage point - a second floor deck.
The day continued with more Canyonites seeing two wolves - possibly wolf/dog hybrids - walking along the south side of Hwy. 72, about 4:30pm, just west of the Fire Station I. No collars, quite light colored, well groomed look. This is not the first time this summer that reliable people have sighted non-pet dogs that were definitely not coyotes.
Add to that the increasing number of turkey reports, the arrival of bucks to liven the lives of our deer herds, and even a Coal Creeker having a close encounter with a bull moose near Kremmling, made this one wild day in canyon country.

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Elk celebrating the fall colors

Filed under: wildlife — coalcreek @ 9:57 am

The elk seems to be avoiding some weather down at the bottom of the canyon. Enjoy them, and the colors.

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Coal Creek Canyon Community Blog

April 27, 2009

The Bears are awake…

April 26, 2009

Hummers are back…

December 5, 2008

Bighorn Sheep spotted in Coal Creek Canyon

November 14, 2008

Bear-totaled car gets Canyonites on 9News…

November 10, 2008

What a day in Coal Creek Canyon

October 22, 2008

Elk celebrating the fall colors