A Bear came for a visit....

When we lived in Northern Connecticut, there were lots of bears nearby. They got so bad about tearing up people's birdfeeders that I took mine down. There was even a faint trail cutting up between the neighbors house and ours, going across our yard an on across the road into some woods. We saw a large male walking on that trail several times, around sunset. And the local paper often had photos people had taken of black bears in their yards. Once in a while a bear would start dumping people's trash cans and it would have to be relocated. One man foolishly put food on his deck to lure one closer, then stood in his kitchen taking pictures. The bear pushed his way through the screen door and came right on in the house!

I'm not fond of bears hanging around my house! I always worried my kids would scare a mother with babies somewhere in the woods. They weren't afraid of humans and my children were small.

http://www.depdata.ct.gov/wildlife/sighting/bearsight.asp

I lived in Granby - look at the number of sightings!

Did he look anything like this guy?



Must be a male... waiting for dinner!