Wow! Such determination from that bear. At what point will an agency of some sort capture and re-locate the bear?

I never used to be afraid of black bears, just kept my distance. It never stopped me from going through untamed portions of national parks up north. However, I read that that has all changed now, black bears have lost their fear of man and can get aggressive without being provoked. Has anyone near you had any problems with the bears being aggressive or pets missing? Glad it's not a grizzly. I would probably die of a heart attack if I saw one of those.

That is just amazing!!! Wish you had surveillance video....that would be a hoot. :)

Wow. I know it's scary to have a bear roaming the neighborhood, but wow.

Funny tracks! Anytime we have bear sightings around hear everyone is advised to remove the bird feeders. I finally just stopped with the bird feeders. Too many non-birds eating from them - squirrels, deer, bear, bees, ants, etc.

The new Fish & Game ruling out here is that no bear will be captured and relocated unless it has threatened humans.

That's a great photo of the paw prints. We have many bear sightings at our place in northeast Pennsylvania. We even had one idiotic neighbor who fed them peanut butter sandwiches. He started putting them on his porch railing until the day he opened the front door without checking first and startled a black bear. The bear reared up and luckily the owner was able to retreat into the house safely. However the bear did attack the front door leaving large claw marks in the wood. The man stopped feeding them but they still came back frequently.

Most of the bears in our area would rather avoid humans and unless confronted or defending their cubs will just leave.

Lynn I do worry about you - even though you bring the feeders inside there is still scattered seed outside where the feeders were located. That's probably enough to entice the bears to return. I just hope your bears don't decide to visit during the day. We often see the bears walking through our property in the middle of the day and when we're walking through the woods we make enough noise that they know we're near and the leave. One of my other neighbors has bee hives and he installed a 6' electric fence to keep them out of his hives. They are very persistent!

First off, I'd move. lol. I agree with Maire, Bears like bird seed, especially suet. I had to google them eating bird seed and several places recommended not feeding birds during bear season. If you want Hummingbirds, plant red flowers to attract them but also other flowers that have the nectar they like.

There's way to have feeders where bears can't get to it, but as M. said, the feed will still be on the ground.

Do they ever break windows and try to get in homes? Not necessarily where you live, but in other parts of the country?

Love the pic. I'll stick to suburban coyotes, thank you very much. I have to chase off neighbor's cats hunting around my bird feeders for birds and squirrels.

I had one favorite squirrel, named Mrs. Squirrel, that I would feed. Then Donald Squirrel and The Interloper started coming. Eventually I was running McSquirrel's and had to stop. Mrs. Squirrel still comes by and gives me a guilt trip.

Interesting, LynnNM, about the relocation policy. I guess I could have looked it up, but I appreciate your response. I'm thankful that I only have to see deer, coyote, rabbits and birds. I'm sure there are rats and snakes, too, but I hope not to ever see them. We don't see many squirrels. Maybe the coyotes and hawks eat them? When I lived in a different house nearby, I would smell skunks and see opossum, but I haven't experienced either of those in this location.

I'm up at the lake and decided to take the trans Canada trail on my bike into town this morning rather than drive. Not another soul on the trail but fresh bear scat all along it. Sang at the top of my lungs and it was fine but wasn't the most relaxed couple hours of my life.

Spanish, I love your out door sink set up. Gorgeous.

I was surprised to hear about their relocation policy, too, Fun. It makes sense, though. They say that bears are very territorial and if relocated, can travel hundreds of miles to get back to their own territory. The bad thing is, along the way they can wreak havoc trying to get back there because they're going through other bears' territories, and when hungry out of their territory, they are naturally going to head to places that smell like food, like people's backyards.

We get ground squirrels around here, and lots of rabbits, packrats, and mice. This year, though, a big 5-foot long bull snake has been hanging around our property and the (above) population is very much down because of him.

We spent this past weekend at a cabin near Florissant, CO with our kids and grands, 18 in all. The owner told us a black bear has been hanging around at night so be sure to empty our vehicles and not leave food scraps around the porch or fire pit and not to open windows wide. We followed his rules and actually saw the bear along the road and climbing a tree very near our cabin in the daytime. The last night one of our young families left their 8 mo old daughter's car seat on the porch. Each thought the other had brought it in. We found it the next morning across the parking area about 50' from the porch right at the edge of the dropoff. It had some scratches from being dragged there but luckily the fabric cover was intact. We washed and dried it. That's a good story for her baby book!!

And are bears ever fast! Watching one in Yellowstone leap up and over a 5-6 foot wall, across the road and up a steep Rocky hillside into the trees all in under a minute made me respect them more. You could not hope to outrun one.

Hmmmm, good point, Kitty! I've been wondering just how "my bear" got over our barbed wire fence. I guess he just jumped it!

No, you cannot outrun a bear nor should you attempt it.

Wow, I would pay more to buy a house with a neighborhood bear.

LOL, Mdln! A neighbor just let me know yesterday that we also have a mother bobcat and her two cubs wandering around here. We always have wild horses, too. Here's a pic I took the other day as I was leaving our village post office. These were grazing just across the road.

Wow! Seriously, if I saw those pics in Zillow, I'd say, "that is a house I need to consider." Can always redo a kitchen or bath, much more difficult to get non-human wildlife to move into the neighborhood. :-)

Wild horses too?? Awww, some people have all the fun! We have spent hours upon hours building a wildlife friendly backyard. Hollow logs, feeders of all kind at all levels, nesting boxes, bird houses and shelters and more just hoping for some wildlife to break up the suburban monotony.

lol Rita. I hope your suburban neighbors don't beat you up if you attract animals they don't appreciate. Some people just don't get the beauty of nature - if it means a little bit of inconvenience for them (bird poop on my car?!). On vacation, fine. But NIMBY. Go for it, girl!

I saw an opossum the other day.

For sure, rosesstink. My parents lived on Sanibel back when it was first being developed, and people said they were moving there for the wildlife, then called the police all the time because ospreys dropped sticks on their lawns when building nests.

I would not want a neighborhood bear, though.

The bear stories just keep getting more scary, Lynn. I hope your bear moves on.

We have coyotes, foxes, turkeys, and the other usual assorted small wildlife and that is enough for me. Several neighbors keep horses, and the hay and feed for them can attract wildlife as well as the bird food. Black bear have been sighted in parts of Alabama the past several years though, so maybe it's a matter of time.

This morning I was checking my flowers like I always do, and noticed my cat Raven, sitting in the tree next to the house. She goes outdoors in the daytime to hang out and comes in late afternoon.

My first thought when I saw her was, "I hope a Bear doesn't get her!" Then it hit me we don't have any Bears! lol