Photographer Ken MacDonald spends a lot of time looking for beautiful moments between tall trees and bird watching. This time, his lens captured the surprise of a heron’s nest in a large tree in the town of Severn, Canada.
A hungry black bear climbs to the top of a large tree in search of a meal. The bear weighing about 34 kg climbed a tree over 22 meters high.
Ken MacDonald, 68, said: “Black bears are omnivorous and will use any food. But it must be a tough bear, it is hungry, so it has the courage to climb a big tree to get into it. heron’s nest. “
While the surrounding nests were all guarded by adult herons, Ken MacDonald saw one of the more distant nests with a large bear guarding them. He is well balanced on a large tree.
In the spring, areas with a lot of herons are often noisier because of the chirping of hungry young birds. Bears living in a nearby quiet neighborhood were quickly spotted and sneaked in to hunt.
Ken MacDonald saw the entire black bear heron hunting scene in about an hour. The photos he shared on social networks caught the attention of Internet users.
Ken MacDonald said: “It’s amazing to see a black bear in the wild and especially when it doesn’t run away right away. We were very excited when we found it. Of course, herons are everything too. quite remarkable. my dear “.
Mike McIntosh, who has worked with animals for almost 30 years, was impressed by the photos of Ken MacDonald. Mike said: “This behavior is not common in bears. It takes a hungry bear to have the courage to climb a large tree to hunt. It’s an immature young bear. tall branches in search of food. “
After hibernation, when outdoor temperatures rise, the bear’s diet changes. At that time the grass was inedible and neither were the leaves, they were hungry and looking for food, even bugs and bugs could not escape from the mouth of the bear.
Ken MacDonald said: “I am concerned that this predation event could seriously affect other herons active in the area. But hunting is part of the wild. Most of the herons in the area. The herd will hatch soon as many ‘between them have grown very well. We don’t know how long the bears will come back, but very few people have seen the hunting behavior of bears at high altitudes. “
