Bear Week got underway in Provincetown at a leisurely pace this year, with bears like these two strolling Commercial Street in breezy caftans. (Photo by Elias Duncan)
Bear Week
WILDLIFE
Herpetologist Meets Bears on the Old Colony Nature Trail
Fowler’s toads, garter snakes, and fireflies on a Bear Week expedition
PROVINCETOWN — A cloud of bug spray filled the air as 11 men and two women (including this reporter) followed Scott Smyers down the Old Colony Trail on the evening of July 7 to take part in one of Bear Week’s more unusual nighttime adventures: a nature walk.
