THAT IS A BEAR!
I stared in complete disbelief. I took a deep breath and said loudly to the offspring "There is a bear in the front yard!!" (OK, I may have yelled it)
I grabbed the phone and sent a text to the Man of the House. "There is a BEAR in the front yard!" And then I sent a few more texts to anyone I could think of. I was a little keyed up over this whole bear thing.
I grabbed the camera and starting taking pictures. Through the window - I'm not that crazy! I kept saying it: "There's a bear in our yard!" "There... is a BEAR... in the front yard!!"
This was no small cub either. This was a decent sized bear! I'm pretty sure that if it were to stand up on it's back legs , it would be at least as tall as The Man of the House!
Apparently Mr Bear (Ms Bear? I wasn't getting close enough to check... or ask) found the crab apples in our yard irresistible. And he (she?) was welcome to as many of them as he (she?) wanted! We watched him (her?) for a good 15 minutes, filing his (her?) belly.
He (she?) would sit and eat a few apples, then get up and stroll around sniffing until he (she?) found a new spot with some yummy apple goodness, where he would sit back down for another course.
Eventually the bear got tired of apples. He (she?) wandered around the side of the house, and sniffed at the raspberry canes. I was OK with that, but once an interest was shown in the chicken house, it was time to make some noise and scare our bear friend off! Sorry Bear! Apples and berries are fair game, but my chickens are OFF LIMITS!
As the bear wandered away and disappeared into the wooded area next to our yard, I realized that he (she?) now that he or she knows there is food here. I fully expect we will see him (or her) again.
oh my gosh!!! I think I'd be thinking about moving!! That is one big looking bear!! Be safe chickens!!
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It was crazy! But I'm not letting some bear scare me away. He's welcome to visit, but this is MY house! LOL
DeleteWow! That is something. No bears here, but they are up by my parents. As long as you don't disturb them you should be fine. I think they must love your apples. I could picture myself doing exactly what you did with the calls and the pictures. I get excited if I see a bunny.
ReplyDeleteI know right!? You should have seen me stopping the car and trying to get my phone to take pictures the day the baby turkeys were on my road. :)
DeleteUn-freakin-believable! I woulda shit my pants, for sure. Can't believe you calmly took pictures, I would been too busy screaming from the top of my lungs!
ReplyDeletewell... YEAH!! I'm pretty sure I was on the edge of a nervous breakdown at one point.
DeleteLove this little bear! Great pictures :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. It was as close to real live wildlife as I want to get. :)
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