6:15 this morning and I'm just getting up

looking out my bedroom window as I always do and I see this black bear, it's head swaying back and forth as he's coming across the field beside my house.  

Loping along at a fast walk he's coming directly toward my front yard, not the back yard where the bird feeder is located.  Beautiful bear, big bear with a deep black furry coat. A most impressive creature.

Running fast to my den room to get a camera he's under the Hickory tree not 15 feet away.  I try to quietly open the front door but he hears it and turns and bolts in the opposite direction.  Snapped a picture.






Wished I had waited a couple of seconds until he was out from under the tree.  Surprised that he was so shy but a good thing for his health and well-being.  

He left a trail in the wet grass so I went out and tracked him to the woods where he may have spent the night.  




Loving West Virginia an island of peace and tranquility in a troubled world.