Who Dat?!

Beaver Creek, located outside of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, has one happy bunch of black bears.  These short videos tell a part of the Beaver Creek Bears' story. 

Specifically, every year, one or more new bears arrive along Beaver Creek that we do not immediately recognize - causing us to promptly ponder:  Who Dat?!

The foregoing videos were of a 2025 Beaver Creek Bear newcomer hunting flying biting mites.  Insects, such as ants and mites, are a bear delicacy.  As a result, the Beaver Creek Bears are often filmed hunting insects late July, which is typically ant season in these parts of West-Central Wisconsin.

Identifying specific bears within a given bear habitat is a game, and getting one or two bear identifications wrong ain't no shame.  As the song in the following videos indicates, following a bear identification checklist often helps in recognizing an individual bear.

The Beaver Creek Bears lead us to contemplate what the bears will show us in an upcoming Bear Year.  As a result, we summarize our bear activity expectations into a ledger of Bear Mystery Theatre questions.  The following videos discuss several of our 2026 Beaver Creek Bear Mystery Theatre questions.  Seemingly every Bear Year, not surprisingly, the Beaver Creek Bears entertain with bear activity that was completely unanticipated.

For those interested in foraging and mushrooms, our exquisite bride, Hunter, has an online store with various mushroom products - The Mushroom Lover.

We recommend Hunter's Porcini Rub, which is sublime seasoning when cooking or grilling rib eye steaks.  And Hunter's children's book, Where The Mushrooms Are, is a fun way to get your toddlers interested in nature and everything interwald.

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