Black Bear, Maybe Seeking Mate, Swims Between San Juan Islands

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

BLAKELY ISLAND, WA — One young male bear is having quite an adventure in the San Juan Islands — and he didn't even have to get on a ferry.

For weeks, residents from Lopez Island to Orcas Island have been snapping photos of the bear in backyards, and even swimming between islands in Puget Sound. Black bears do not live in the San Juans, but biologists say it's possible the bear — nicknamed "Waldo" — is trying to find a mate.

"This time of the year, male black bears are seeking females in estrus," said Ruth Milner, a state Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist for the San Juan Islands district. "Given the amount of traveling, that's the assumption."

He won't find any love in the San Juans, however. He's believed to be the only bear right now living in the archipelago.

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[Bayard]

1. Looking for love in all the wrong places......

[hedda_foil]

2. Poor bear. He's going to wind up an incel at this rate.

[FightingIrish]

3. It may be the same black bear captured in Mount Vernon

https://www.goskagit.com/news/black-bear-captured-in-mount-vernon-residential-area/article_456f234c-ec9b-58a1-817c-e89874f5d4fa.html

They think he was spotted on Orcas and Lopez Islands. When we had snow in February we had large animal tracks in our yard in La Conner. My niece, a BLM wildlife biologist, identified them as bear tracks.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Looks like you're right

https://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Island-Hopping-Bear-captured-in-Mount-Vernon-13917266.php

[samnsara]

5. i hope he stays out of the Orcas way!