Robert Stone accompanied me to check the trail cameras at the bear tree yesterday.

His help was much appreciated when he offered to help me remove a log that had fallen across the road. On the road in we came upon a small black bear, by his size judged to be just a year old, that quickly disappeared at a gallop over the nearest hill.

The four cameras that I have in the area had recorded several pictures of two other bears, one a small black bear, perhaps a year old;

 the other, a large black bear of the brown colour variety.

On the trail, we came upon a very large bear footprint. My photograph made it appear to be raised, whereas actually it was quite a deep depression in the mud.

The bright round circle beside the footprint is a 25 cent piece, used for size comparison.

There was also a photo of a coyote near the bear tree. 

As we walked back along the trail, I noticed a small colony of tent caterpillars; 

and a metallic green beetle, species unknown. I plan to send a picture of this beetle in to the online atlas E Fauna, where it will be reviewed by experts and the species determined (http://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/).

[After sending the picture to E Fauna, I received an email from daughter Aleta, identifying the beetle as a tiger beetle. That pointed me in the right direction. I found that E Fauna already showed two pictures of beetles that were, as far as I can judge from their colour and markings, exactly the same as mine. They were identified as the Purple Tiger Beetle (Cicindela purpurea).]

We saw a woodpecker moving about in the top of a douglas fir tree. Although it was at long range for my camera, I was pleased to get a photo of it, with which by searching my books and the internet, I have identified as a male Red-naped Sapsucker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-naped_sapsucker . 
The Wikipedia article says that these birds nest in tree holes and that they favour over-mature aspen trees that are suffering heart rot. There are lots of those in the area, many of them bearing the permanent scars of bear claws. Bears climb aspens at this season to feed on buds and early emerged leaves.