Is That a Black Bear in Front of My House? Yep!
By DianneN
@DianneN (247191)
United States
February 22, 2023 5:02pm CST
Talking on FaceTime with our younger son when our Ring doorbell alarm rang. Look at the monster eating our wild birds’ food!
We yelled and clapped at it, but it didn’t run away.
Our son drove to our house and was there in 2 minutes. I was so worried the bear would attack him. He shouted at it and it ambled off around the side of our house and disappeared.
This stinker has been here before. Once again, the shepherd hooks are bent and three feeders are empty.
*** Sorry to write and dash. Have a dinner party to attend in 30 minutes and will be back later or tomorrow. Just wanted to let you know about the hungry bear who has to resort to eating bird seed in the winter. ***
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44 responses
@FourWalls (62391)
• United States
23 Feb 23
People charge admission in Gatlinburg to let people see bears. You’re missing your calling. 
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@MarieCoyle (28919)
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23 Feb 23
I wish the tourists there would not feed the bears. They know they aren't supposed to, but some do it anyway.
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@JamesHxstatic (29256)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Feb 23
Well, that could be a surprise if you walked out without looking first.
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@RasmaSandra (73678)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Feb 23
Awww, you chased Winnie the Pooh away. One of my friends has parents living in Pennsylvania. Their house was surrounded by woods and occasionally a bear would amble by, Her dad would keep a rifle around to shoot up into the air to frighten the bear away. I hope this one does not come back to cause you more troubles, Enjoy the dinner party,
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@vandana7 (98924)
• India
23 Feb 23
@DianneN He will be back again...would you mind mixing some food with milk of magnesia and placing it such that the bear can eat it...I think it will make them run away...kinda fear having to poop. I feel pooping is one action that makes beings vulnerable. Beings cannot run and poop simultaneously...nor attack and poop simultaneously..there is a reason I have so much interest in pooping.
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
23 Feb 23
You're right! He returned overnight and polished off everything. We have no choice but to have our son remove everything and hope that those poor sweet birds find another food source to help them live through the rest of the winter. I am heartbroken 
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@Deepizzaguy (94815)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
22 Feb 23
You have to deal with bears outside of your home while my relatives and myself have to deal with a stray dog stealing food from the cats outside of the home when dinner time comes.
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@Tina30219 (81536)
• Onaway, Michigan
23 Feb 23
OMG glad it did not get your son and it took off when he yelled at it. I hope you enjoy your dinner party
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@Tina30219 (81536)
• Onaway, Michigan
23 Feb 23
@DianneN Glad your son stayed by the car and yelled at the bear in case he had to make a quick getaway and glad he did not have to make one. Yeah good thing he went back and took them down maybe they will not come back with them being gone.
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
23 Feb 23
Thank you. Our son was far enough away in the driveway and shouted while standing next to the open door of his car to make a quick get away if necessary.
The bear returned overnight. Our son stopped by today to remove the shepherd hooks and all the bird feeders.
The party was so much fun. We left after midnight.
@DianneN (247191)
• United States
23 Feb 23
@Tina30219 Thanks, Tina. No food, no birds or bears. Nothing else we can do. It scared the heck out of me just watching it on Ring.
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
22 Feb 23
Wow! I'd definitely let the birds go hungry or put the feeders WAY at the end of the property so the bear doesn't come close to the house again!
I hope you have fun at the dinner party! Talk with you later. 
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
23 Feb 23
@DianneN You need to worry about your safety first. You can always walk to the far end of your yard and scatter bird seed on the ground. The birds will find it and maybe, it will be too scattered to tempt the bear back again.
I think I'd also call and alert the forest rangers that the bear is raiding your bird feeders. Bears shouldn't be up and about yet this early in the Winter.
Good luck. Be careful going outside unless you know there aren't any bears around before you do.
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
23 Feb 23
@DaddyEvil I’m living in my condo in Florida. The bear is at our house in Connecticut.
You have some good ideas, but many of our wild birds uses perches to feed, and I can’t ask my son to stop by every day to scatter seeds at the far end of my yard. He is so busy with his work. I will check everything out when we return at the end of April or just put the house up for sale
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
23 Feb 23
The bear returned overnight. He was smart enough to know how to unscrew the bottom of each bird feeder.
My son just stopped at our our and removed all the shepherd hooks and all the bird feeders. I just hope those sweet birds find food elsewhere and survive the winter. I feel terrible for them.
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@MarieCoyle (28919)
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23 Feb 23
I am glad it went away. I don't think I would be putting birdseed out for awhile, because that's why it comes back. I know in Montana, I had to give up suet feeders, the bears just loved them. Those pesky bears seem to be able to find food almost anywhere.
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
23 Feb 23
@MarieCoyle True and thank you. You be safe yourself!
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@MarieCoyle (28919)
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23 Feb 23
@DianneN
I love them as well. Sometimes we have to make choices we don't really want to make. Just be safe, Dianne.
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@celticeagle (159400)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Feb 23
Enjoy your dinner. Sounds like you've had enough excitement for one day.
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@celticeagle (159400)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Feb 23
@DianneN .......What will you do?
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
24 Feb 23
@celticeagle Our younger son stopped by and removed all of the shepherd hooks and bird feeders and put them in the garage. No food for the bear. However, there is no food for the birds, who depend on our feeders all winter. I hope they find another food source and don't die. I am so heartbroken, and so is my son. I will put them up again in the spring, and stop feeding the birds in August to give the birds time to find other food sources. I'm so sick over this. You have no idea.
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@vandana7 (98924)
• India
23 Feb 23
So every living thing in the US of America is not white...ok...not peach..or to be even more accurate.. light peach...Evil Grin. Kidding. Don't understand why they call you all white...you all are peach...light or dark shade...but not white...maybe the different colored eyes you all have pass light in a way that makes your skin color look white...I am giving you all benefit of doubt. I don't like arguments. LOL
I would be scared stiff...
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@LeaPea2417 (36496)
• Toccoa, Georgia
24 Feb 23
@DianneN I would faint if I ever saw a bear in my neighborhood 
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@Tampa_girl7 (49101)
• United States
22 Feb 23
Oh my goodness. I’d be afraid to encounter a bear.
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@wolfgirl569 (95596)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Feb 23
@DianneN They are only a couple of hours away from our area. But for the most part we don't have enough wooded area for them to want to stay
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