Comments on: Hi, I’m Brian Mertins – Wildlife Tracker, Nature Mentor & Your Guide to a Deeper Connection with the Natural World.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 14:13:11 +0000

Hi Brian
I came to your site because this morning I found a raccoon under our farm truck. I knew there was something living in the yard because the dogs were alarming in the same direction every day at about the same time. We have an old abandoned farm house up on a small rise here and we’ve left it standing for porcupines and raccoons and foxes that will den under it. Anyway, I was curious what raccoons eat in winter which led me here. So then I started reading about who you are and what you do. I feel the same way you do when I walk through the bush here in Saskatchewan. My favourite thing to do is find a quiet spot and sit and listen and watch. Especially in the spring and summer. You can tell who has come back from the south by listening to the birds. I’ve seen all sorts of things by listening to alarm calls from birds or from going out to visit my goats in the pasture and just sitting with them. Nature is a balm for me and any day I can’t be outside is a bad dayfor me. Lol. Thank you for taking the time to write about raccoon feeding habits. I learned something today. I’m off to escort our raccoon friend out from the truck so I can go check cows.

By: Brian Mertins

Brian Mertins — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:18:15 +0000

In reply to simon.

Hi Simon, as you point out there’s a lot that can be done to build trust with birds & animals, and I absolutely encourage you to keep working on it.

It does take time and lots of practice.

The best results come from committing yourself to a long term practice of cultivating awareness & sensitivity to nature, body language, bird alarm calls, observation skills, etc.

These are all topics I discuss a lot in this website so definitely peruse my free content and apply the methods.

Always remember that having close encounters with wildlife is a life-changing experience partly because it’s so rare.

It says a lot about a person who can use bird alarms to track down and get close to wild animals. You have to be VERY tuned & sensitive to the subtleties of animal communication to get consistently great results.

There are specific changes in mindset & attitude that need to happen before you can reach your full potential.

The other thing to remember is that these are wild animals living in a survival situation! You won’t be able to domesticate them in a single lifetime, and you shouldn’t try!

Just let them be wild, and cherish the moments when you get to join them in that wildness. They will remind you what true wildness is!

Imagine if the situation were reversed… How safe would you feel being close to a tiger out in some remote jungle?

Their fear of humans is logical 😉

Their fear is feedback for you. It tells you you’re violating their comfort zone. Just pull back, take it slow, and let them set the pace.

I hope that helps!

By: simon

simon — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 23:19:30 +0000

well
my name is simon tobias
i managed to come over an old mystery like you did :

why do animals fear me as a human ? even if i mean NO harm honestly

i am still working on it but iam very close since in my home birds recognize me
and have no fear around me … but for them its new that humans want to commune with them ( i also start to communicate with the birds )

but yes they sit on the road at my feet and i can walk by …my communication to them is like broken english .. so they got scared sometimes on intuition because i do not fully understand them

pls contact me

the best experience i had was a 12cm butterfly landing on my hand ..
or saving an ice bird from death (ants got him ) becoming friendly to me

i really want to know why they are scared of us and how to fix it. Because i love them as well i do hardly trying to learn their language by experience . and be a friend

i know that we can be friends again so … why they dont know anymore that if we are around a cat might NOT bother them .. ?? why they are scared of humans

Around where i live birds know me and i know them , they are more intelligent then most ppl think but they can remember you . And directly around my house they are not scared but if i try to communicate they get confused . but they let me come Very close ….