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Life & Events > Who Took My Dish?
 

Who Took My Dish?

A few weeks ago I had put some gloppy leftovers in a plastic container outside overnight for the woodsy animals, and was irritated the next morning when it was gone. I wondered if it had blown down on the river bank, but couldn't find it anywhere, and decided maybe one of the animals had carried it off.

Last night I had some more gloppy leftovers. I don't like to dump them out on the dirt, although watching the fox eat, a little dirt doesn't bother him. So I put out another plastic container, closer to the house so it couldn't blow into the river, and I'll be darned if it was gone this morning. Where could it be?

I got the answer when I saw that the trash can over by the fishing parking - dumped out and the trash strewn around: the bear was here. Fortunately there wasn't much trash in there, just one lunch's worth of sandwich wrappings and potato chip bags from last week's fishermen.




We don't put out our house trash until trash day because of the bears. If they don't rip open the bags on the spot and scatter the contents around, they sometimes carry them off to go through later, so a big mess could appear up on the side of the mountain.

This is the time of year when the bears are storing up calories in preparation for the winter hibernation. They don't always come around at night, either. A few years ago the bear was here around 8 in the morning. He was pulling down the hummingbird feeders and squeezing them to get out the juice.





He carried one of the feeders onto the bridge and abandoned it there.




If you look closely, you can see a downed bird feeder in the grass.
But I still wish the bear would have licked out the bowl and left it behind.

posted on Sept 21, 2010 8:18 AM ()

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I couldn't out run a bear so I prefer a barrier between them and me.
comment by elderjane on Sept 27, 2010 11:54 AM ()
comment by crazylife on Sept 22, 2010 8:57 PM ()
Every time I go outside I look around for those containers. I'm still irritated about it. They were a good shape and size for storing leftovers in the fridge, and now I'll have extra lids. I just hate that.
reply by troutbend on Sept 24, 2010 7:10 PM ()
A regular menagerie! I heard a bird in the woods the other day that I'd never heard before. Man, am I curious as to what it was.
comment by solitaire on Sept 22, 2010 2:47 PM ()
That happens here every so often, I'll hear some new bird call. There are bird sounds on the Internet, but you have to have some idea of what it could be in order to search for it. This time of year you could be getting migrating birds who don't usually come through your area.
reply by troutbend on Sept 22, 2010 3:13 PM ()
What great pics of the bear. Did you take them?
comment by nenah on Sept 22, 2010 6:59 AM ()
Yes, I took the pictures. They are from a couple of years ago. That summer I had a covered bucket of grass seed sitting out by the front door and the bear came and ate half of the seed, so when he showed up in the fall looking for food he came back to that spot to see if the bucket was still there.
reply by troutbend on Sept 22, 2010 8:43 AM ()
I love a good bear story, also the photo with the rear view. Alls we have around here are birds, all sizes, some pretty large. They're fun too. [
comment by tealstar on Sept 21, 2010 4:08 PM ()
I love seeing the pelicans gliding above the water there in Florida.
reply by troutbend on Sept 21, 2010 4:38 PM ()
Is that a "Brown" Bear?
comment by jondude on Sept 21, 2010 1:40 PM ()
Yes. We don't have grizzlies here.
reply by troutbend on Sept 21, 2010 4:37 PM ()
You can tell I was excited about seeing the bear because the pictures are so blurry.
comment by troutbend on Sept 21, 2010 10:04 AM ()
Of all God's creatures, a bear is the last thing I want to see meandering through my yard!!
comment by redimpala on Sept 21, 2010 9:51 AM ()
I hear you!!!No mountain lions either!
reply by redimpala on Sept 21, 2010 10:10 AM ()
I'm more frightened of the mountain lion. He doesn't get into things, but has his eye on our houses in case someone forgets to take the small children or household pets inside at night.
reply by troutbend on Sept 21, 2010 10:03 AM ()
wow!!!! It must be awesome to be living somewhere so close to these creatures...and I spose, scary too...but I would absolutely love it if I could get a bear like that visiting me....love it!!!!
comment by aussiegirl on Sept 21, 2010 9:47 AM ()
They are aggravating when they get in the trash, but otherwise we like seeing them once in awhile, just for the reassurance that all the urban sprawl hasn't done them in.
reply by troutbend on Sept 21, 2010 10:02 AM ()
awe... I think it's soooo cool that you have bears close by that you can snap pictures of but I must admit it would scare the crap outta me to have them so close!!!
comment by kristilyn3 on Sept 21, 2010 8:29 AM ()
One afternoon we were snoozing on the back patio and the bear came by on the way to the river. He was as surprised as we were. I prefer to be inside the house when they come around the yard, and I would not want to meet one face-to-face in the woods because for one thing they can run pretty fast.
reply by troutbend on Sept 21, 2010 8:38 AM ()

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