feed on the early plants already started on the low- 

 lands. He may then slowly follow spring and sum- 

 mer in their steady advance up the far-reaching 

 slopes. To a certain extent his movements are de- 

 termined by the calendar. He feeds upon the best 

 the season affords. He knows when each article of 

 diet is in season and where in his home territory, or 

 out of it, this abounds. In berry time look for a 

 bear in a berry-patch. Like an enthusiastic fisher- 

 man he impatiently waits for the open season — 

 spawning-time — and is on hand early to start 

 fishing. 



Perhaps it would be well if we could think of the 

 grizzly as being largely vegetarian. He digs up 

 roots; feeds on weeds, tender shoots of shrubbery, 

 fungi, mushrooms, berries, seeds, rose-hips, pine- 

 nuts, and acorns; and also eats bark like a rabbit 

 and grass like a grass-eater. 



The aspens were in bloom, laden with swollen 

 buds and juicy catkins. Many birds were feasting 

 on the catkins; and, looking over into a near-by 

 aspen thicket, I saw a grizzly on a ledge also feed- 

 ing eagerly. Reaching for a limb, first with one fore 

 paw and then the other, he bit off a few inches and 

 ate twigs, bark, and bloom. Occasionally he seized 



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