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All summer our Facebook group has shared information about sightings of the mother bear and twin cubs. They visited here yesterday afternoon. We take the feeders in at night so as to not attract them, but it was a surprise to see them during the day.

Two feeders were over at the cabin next door, and they ripped a 2 foot hole in the screen on the porch. I'l have to stitch it shut so it's not flopping in the wind all winter.

posted on Sept 4, 2015 10:19 PM ()

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Great pic!

comment by jjoohhnn on Sept 5, 2015 7:53 PM ()

Wow! What a brave picture!

comment by jerms on Sept 5, 2015 3:43 PM ()

I emailed the bear pictures to my cousin who was recently here with her five kids and another family that has seven kids came to visit. I think she was picturing the bears coming around when all 12 of those children were out in the yard.

reply by troutbend on Sept 5, 2015 4:20 PM ()

Don't hate me but I feel sorry for the poor hungry bears!

comment by greatmartin on Sept 5, 2015 8:53 AM ()

We all feel sorry for the bears. A fed bear is a dead bear because feeding them teaches them to depend on people, and next thing you know, the inside of a car or house is torn up, or some person is mauled or killed. They can be trapped and relocated away from people, but that usually doesn't work and they find their way back, so Parks and Wildlife quite frequently kills the ones that come around the houses. That's why we do all we can to keep our people food away from them.

reply by troutbend on Sept 5, 2015 9:04 AM ()

Would it be feasible to put some stuff out, away from the house, just for the bears?

comment by tealstar on Sept 5, 2015 7:51 AM ()

Oh, my no! Very, very illegal to feed wildlife in Colorado. I could have gotten in big trouble for what I had going on with that fox a few years ago. Even parks and wildlife can't feed the bears in the lean years like this one - have to stick with survival of the fittest. I was talking to wildlife people about the fish that are trapped in our little side stream, disconnected from the river, whether there was anything we can do to transport them to a better environment, and he said no, it's nature, and maybe the bears will eat them, so that's a good thing.

reply by troutbend on Sept 5, 2015 8:59 AM ()

It is scary. Hungry bears are a no no.

comment by elderjane on Sept 5, 2015 6:16 AM ()

We're all nervous about it because the bears need 20,000 calories a day up until they go into hibernation in October, and there isn't much food in the canyon this year because of the unusual spring weather.

reply by troutbend on Sept 5, 2015 6:42 AM ()

Wow. Living in nature for sure!!!

I think I would have been scared too...

comment by kristilyn3 on Sept 5, 2015 5:43 AM ()

It's startling to see the bears here during the day because we're more likely to be out in the yard somewhere. Earlier that day I was up hiking around on the larger part of the property, could easily have encountered them out in the wild. Now, THAT!!!

reply by troutbend on Sept 5, 2015 6:22 AM ()

What creeped me out the most was they retreated to the back edge of the yard and sat there watching the door of the house as if they expected me to come out and refill the bird feeders so they could come back. Meanwhile the four remaining hummingbirds were so upset to have lost their food source, flying frantically around the feeder. It was a rock and a hard place for me, and I expected the bears to return any minute after I took care of the birds.

comment by troutbend on Sept 4, 2015 10:47 PM ()

You were on the other side of that big, breakable window, huh? This was a brave photo. I'd be cowering under a chair.

comment by drmaus on Sept 4, 2015 10:33 PM ()

Your reply is above.

reply by troutbend on Sept 4, 2015 10:48 PM ()

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