Comments on: Black Bear and I Have a Deal http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal Photo blog featuring outdoor, travel and nature photos. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Wolverine, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska. - Stock Photos - Skolai Images http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-126299 Wolverine, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska. - Stock Photos - Skolai Images Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:35:02 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-126299 [...] think Ron Niebrugge owes me dinner - don’t you? I’ve been stalking this here Wolverine for a couple of [...] [...] think Ron Niebrugge owes me dinner – don’t you? I’ve been stalking this here Wolverine for a couple of [...]

]]> By: Tim http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-87084 Tim Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:39:44 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-87084 I was out hiking in the Chugach mountains last year (2008) behind Anchorage and spotted a wolverine carrying in its mouth what looked from a distance like a ground squirrel, trotting back to what I imagined was his nearby den. I've been back there once since, and didn't happen to see him again. But I'd be glad to show you the spot - no dinner required. As a bonus, it's right by my favorite blueberry patch (which you must promise not to reveal ;). I only owned a p&s back then so didn't get the best photo, but can send it to you if you tell me where. I was out hiking in the Chugach mountains last year (2008) behind Anchorage and spotted a wolverine carrying in its mouth what looked from a distance like a ground squirrel, trotting back to what I imagined was his nearby den. I’ve been back there once since, and didn’t happen to see him again. But I’d be glad to show you the spot – no dinner required. As a bonus, it’s right by my favorite blueberry patch (which you must promise not to reveal ;) . I only owned a p&s back then so didn’t get the best photo, but can send it to you if you tell me where.

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-61321 Ron Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:56:48 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-61321 Great Jess! I will pay for transportation from Anchorage - or I will go pick you up, how's that. From Idaho Falls, it would have to be a den with pups. :) Great Jess! I will pay for transportation from Anchorage – or I will go pick you up, how’s that. From Idaho Falls, it would have to be a den with pups. :)

]]> By: Jess Lee http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-61276 Jess Lee Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:09:51 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-61276 You are on. That does include the transportation to Seward, right? You are on. That does include the transportation to Seward, right?

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60770 Ron Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:05:48 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60770 Hi Rick, I think you are right! I would definitely keep a can of bear spray hands, I hear those things can be mean. Ron Hi Rick,

I think you are right! I would definitely keep a can of bear spray hands, I hear those things can be mean.

Ron

]]> By: Rick http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60763 Rick Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:29:53 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60763 Wolverine? Ron you better be careful with that one, I think the bear may be a friendlier option. Shoot with a long lens! The definition I came across for a Wolverine: a stocky, ferocious, musteline carnivore (Gulo gulo), with thick fur and a big can of whoop ass! Wolverine? Ron you better be careful with that one, I think the bear may be a friendlier option. Shoot with a long lens!

The definition I came across for a Wolverine:
a stocky, ferocious, musteline carnivore (Gulo gulo), with thick fur and a big can of whoop ass!

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60719 Ron Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00:10 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60719 Hi Richard, For you, that is going to be pretty painful whether you stay up, or get up early. You better have something pretty funnny to say to make that worthwhile. Now If I see East coast photos on your blog and I get a call - I know who to turn to! ron Hi Richard,

For you, that is going to be pretty painful whether you stay up, or get up early. You better have something pretty funnny to say to make that worthwhile. Now If I see East coast photos on your blog and I get a call – I know who to turn to!

ron

]]> By: Richard Wong http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60717 Richard Wong Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:04:02 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60717 I'd crank call you at 2 a.m. Ron but you are an hour behind me. Staying up til 2 is not that big of a deal, but by 3 a.m. I am out of it! So that leaves the crank callers to Hawaiians, Alaskans and East Coasters. I’d crank call you at 2 a.m. Ron but you are an hour behind me. Staying up til 2 is not that big of a deal, but by 3 a.m. I am out of it! So that leaves the crank callers to Hawaiians, Alaskans and East Coasters.

]]> By: Carl http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60702 Carl Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:41:46 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60702 Hey Ron, :) :) :) OK .. there's a wolverine den in my backyard in Anchorage. Now, about dinner; can I have Halibut? :) Cheers Carl Hey Ron,

:) :) :)

OK .. there’s a wolverine den in my backyard in Anchorage. Now, about dinner; can I have Halibut? :)

Cheers

Carl

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60701 Ron Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:25:51 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60701 Hi Carl, All this negotiation! :) Since you are clarifying the terms, maybe I should as well. If it is an easy to get to wolverine like hey it has a den in my backyard - then sure, you can have two dinners. But if it is one of those - travel through Skoaili Pass, then turn East and hike 12 more miles, then look to the right you can't miss it kind of things, then I'm counting as your friend. :) Cheers, Ron Hi Carl,

All this negotiation! :) Since you are clarifying the terms, maybe I should as well. If it is an easy to get to wolverine like hey it has a den in my backyard – then sure, you can have two dinners. But if it is one of those – travel through Skoaili Pass, then turn East and hike 12 more miles, then look to the right you can’t miss it kind of things, then I’m counting as your friend. :)

Cheers,

Ron

]]> By: Carl http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60696 Carl Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:43:46 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60696 Hey Ron, I've had no luck with researchers on wolverines - it's always remote stuff, like you said. Nope, the 'new' animal isn't a bird. It counts, trust me. :) By the way - I have no friends - so do I get 2 dinners? Or do you count as the friend and get yourself a free dinner? Cheers Carl Hey Ron,

I’ve had no luck with researchers on wolverines – it’s always remote stuff, like you said.

Nope, the ‘new’ animal isn’t a bird. It counts, trust me. :)

By the way – I have no friends – so do I get 2 dinners? Or do you count as the friend and get yourself a free dinner?

Cheers

Carl

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60691 Ron Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:01:04 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60691 Thanks Gary, Two good suggestions. When it come to <a href="http://my-photo-blog.com/finding-aurora-borealis" rel="nofollow">finding northern lights</a>, I do track the solar wind, magnetic field direction, and even get emails when the K reaches 5, but I still seem to miss them at times. A lot seems to change after I go to bed! Contacting researchers is a good idea, I should pursue that a little further. The researchers here have rarely seen them outside of there remote cameras which they pass once every couple of weeks. I will have to research that further. Hi Joe, For some reason that did come to mind. :) I'm hoping my readers are a little more mature then I am, which wouldn't take much :) I hope you are staying dry! Hi Carl, Yeah you did tell me about that wolverine. Don't tell me this new animal is another bird, because that doesn't really count. :) That is funny Dave! Thanks, Ron Thanks Gary,

Two good suggestions. When it come to finding northern lights, I do track the solar wind, magnetic field direction, and even get emails when the K reaches 5, but I still seem to miss them at times. A lot seems to change after I go to bed!

Contacting researchers is a good idea, I should pursue that a little further. The researchers here have rarely seen them outside of there remote cameras which they pass once every couple of weeks. I will have to research that further.

Hi Joe,

For some reason that did come to mind. :) I’m hoping my readers are a little more mature then I am, which wouldn’t take much :)

I hope you are staying dry!

Hi Carl,

Yeah you did tell me about that wolverine.

Don’t tell me this new animal is another bird, because that doesn’t really count. :)

That is funny Dave!

Thanks,

Ron

]]> By: Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60690 Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:27:21 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60690 Ron: Why not find out who the world's leading wolverine researchers are and give a few of them a call? You know they'll have some kind of tracking nesting habitat info. Swing a deal to join them on their fieldwork. As for N. lights, it should be fairly predictable which nights to wake yourself up on by paying attention to the Space Weather Channel. They're the guys who monitor the solar wind and coronal bursts that cause the lights. Ron:

Why not find out who the world’s leading wolverine researchers are and give a few of them a call? You know they’ll have some kind of tracking nesting habitat info. Swing a deal to join them on their fieldwork.

As for N. lights, it should be fairly predictable which nights to wake yourself up on by paying attention to the Space Weather Channel. They’re the guys who monitor the solar wind and coronal bursts that cause the lights.

]]> By: Joe Weir http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60687 Joe Weir Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:49:29 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60687 Ron, Dude, you realize you are asking for a 2 AM prank call now right? I wouldn't even have to get up that early. Joe Ron,

Dude, you realize you are asking for a 2 AM prank call now right? I wouldn’t even have to get up that early.

Joe

]]> By: Carl http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60662 Carl Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:35:09 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60662 Hey Ron, The fuel to drive to Seward, eh? From where? :) I told you last fall I've got a bearing on a wolverine, didn't I? I bet ya I have a close up headshot, non-captive, before the summer is through. :) As for the new animal, close, but nope - keep an eye out on the blog over the next few weeks. (How's that for driving traffic to my site?) :) :) Cheers Carl Hey Ron,

The fuel to drive to Seward, eh? From where? :)

I told you last fall I’ve got a bearing on a wolverine, didn’t I? I bet ya I have a close up headshot, non-captive, before the summer is through. :)

As for the new animal, close, but nope – keep an eye out on the blog over the next few weeks. (How’s that for driving traffic to my site?) :) :)

Cheers

Carl

]]> By: Dave Taylor http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60657 Dave Taylor Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:19:59 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60657 I'm waiting for one of those speed talker/auctioneers to come on here any second. Can I get a habadabada...three thousand... going once... habadaabda I’m waiting for one of those speed talker/auctioneers to come on here any second. Can I get a habadabada…three thousand… going once… habadaabda

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60653 Ron Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:54:35 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60653 Hi Richard, It is nice; that is the advantage of a 3,000 person town. There are lots more small towns out there without a photographer if you ever decide to leave the greater LA area! Thanks Dave, I have a feeling nothing will come of it - but if it did, I could have some fun blogs! Carl - you get me a wolverine, I will throw in the fuel to drive to Seward! I can think of a few cool animals you have that I don't - Alligator, Whitetail Deer, Gray owl... I'm guess you have a new one. If I had to guess, I would say Pine Martin or a Long-tailed Weasel. Hi Richard,

It is nice; that is the advantage of a 3,000 person town. There are lots more small towns out there without a photographer if you ever decide to leave the greater LA area!

Thanks Dave, I have a feeling nothing will come of it – but if it did, I could have some fun blogs!

Carl – you get me a wolverine, I will throw in the fuel to drive to Seward!

I can think of a few cool animals you have that I don’t – Alligator, Whitetail Deer, Gray owl… I’m guess you have a new one. If I had to guess, I would say Pine Martin or a Long-tailed Weasel.

]]> By: Richard Wong http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60647 Richard Wong Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:47:14 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60647 Great stuff Ron. The bear looks a little too close for comfort. It must be nice to live in a small town and to be known as the photographer in town. Great stuff Ron. The bear looks a little too close for comfort. It must be nice to live in a small town and to be known as the photographer in town.

]]> By: Dave Taylor http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60646 Dave Taylor Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:34:53 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60646 Oh, this could get fun... Oh, this could get fun…

]]> By: Carl http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal/comment-page-1#comment-60645 Carl Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:33:32 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/black-bear-and-i-have-a-deal#comment-60645 Hey Ron, A wolverine and I get ONE meal outta it? Dude, do you know how much it costs me to drive to Seward for a meal? Let's talk some real terms, and I'll call ya. :) Ron, if you EVER get a photo of a wolverine before I do, it's over - I swear - I'll never post on your blog again. I did beat ya to get a photo of another cool animal though (you'll have to guess). :) Knowing my luck, I'll call you one night around 2am about the Northern Lights and it'll be socked in and cloudy at your house, and Janine will scold me like never before. :) Cool image buddy. Cheers Carl PS - and if anyone knows the whereabouts of a wolverine, call me instead of Ron, and whatever prize he's offering, I'll match it AND include chocolate. Hey Ron,

A wolverine and I get ONE meal outta it? Dude, do you know how much it costs me to drive to Seward for a meal? Let’s talk some real terms, and I’ll call ya. :)

Ron, if you EVER get a photo of a wolverine before I do, it’s over – I swear – I’ll never post on your blog again. I did beat ya to get a photo of another cool animal though (you’ll have to guess). :)

Knowing my luck, I’ll call you one night around 2am about the Northern Lights and it’ll be socked in and cloudy at your house, and Janine will scold me like never before. :)

Cool image buddy.

Cheers

Carl

PS – and if anyone knows the whereabouts of a wolverine, call me instead of Ron, and whatever prize he’s offering, I’ll match it AND include chocolate.

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