{"id":1026,"date":"2008-05-19T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2008-05-19T16:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-19T16:42:00","slug":"things-black-bears-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1026","title":{"rendered":"Things Black Bears Like"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have several of these gopher-deterring gadgets<\/a> in the vegetable garden and flower beds, hoping to deter the pocket gophers. (The jury is still not in on whether they work as advertised.)<\/p>\n

I came outside this morning and found one of them plucked from the ground and inverted, spike pointing into the air.<\/p>\n

There were largish circular impressions — about six inches across — in the soil next to it.<\/p>\n

Curious bear, I think. It must have heard the high-pitched moans that the “moler” makes and come to investigate, in the way that bears investigate something–by swatting it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have several of these gopher-deterring gadgets in the vegetable garden and flower beds, hoping to deter the pocket gophers. (The jury is still not in on whether they work as advertised.) I came outside this morning and found one of them plucked from the ground and inverted, spike pointing into the air. 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