Imagine being held at gunpoint (bear with me) by a literate animal, and the only hope of rescue is (BEAR WITH ME) posting a coded message to an internet message board.
like this
When we were back in Arizona getting some furniture, I got a text from the neighbor across the street that a bear had knocked down my Hummingbird feeder. So - that’s the end of that. If I had big trees in the front, I would consider hanging it well off the ground, but I’m not sure that’s a great idea, either. This particular bear wrecked a neighbor’s gate, probably to get at their apple tree in their back yard.
Yes, they go mad for fruit of every kind. I’m sorry (but not surprised) that your hummingbird feeder got got!
I have half a dozen apple trees, 2 pears and a bunch of berries. I find bear scat all around my place in early spring and late fall when the trees are offering their ripe fruit. There’s plenty of fruit for us all so I don’t mind the bears macking on what I don’t pick.
I do keep my non-odorous trash locked up tight and keep a spare freezer just for smelly stuff. And no hummingbird feeders except natural plants.
Bears can sure keep things interesting!
And to think I worry about the squirrels in my back yard!
LOL, those are a nuisance, too!
I currently have a particularly annoying chipmunk who is very curious about everything going on in this house. He climbs my screens and drives the dachshund insane. Driving me a little crazy, too…
The across-the-street neighbor sent me this earlier today:
That’s one plump bear.
Here’s a useful site for any who live in, or travel to, bear country:
Gettin ready for winter/hibernation.
My doctor won’t buy that! Lord knows, I’ve tried.
Nor will my Iron Man wife. I was her sherpa in those races (Hey! It’s hard to be support). No more for either of us. Our activity is walking dogs and chess.
We like that.
Just a reminder that the stakes are high in bear country:
Not that far away…
I’m not showing that article to my wife.
Yup. And it’s that time of year. My wife and I each walk the dogs, but separately. I do short walks on weekdays. She does longer ones on the weekend.
Now a bear is gonna be wary of two 65 lb dogs and their human, but I always make sure she has her bear spray. Don’t leave home without it. At least if your on foot.
We get a lot of black bear and coyote at our vacation house on the edge of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
I snapped this photo a few years ago, but I pretty much see bears every summer.
That’s a big-ass bear!
Or maybe a big ass-bear. I never can tell.
I don’t know whether I’m singling out you or your neighbor, but whoever is next to that Honda Element in the photo … really isn’t there for the hunting,, now is he?