06.29.07
bears in backyard
Yesterday evening, when the sun was going down, I had 2 young black bears come through my backyard. We live in the city limits of Asheville not 10 minutes from downtown. I’ve heard of a bear being in the neighborhood a few years ago but never saw one until now. The bears were sitting up between two of my cypress trees with people not 10 feet away. Then they stroll down the hill to my birdfeeders. Stuck their noses in the birdfeeder then continued across the yard to the pine trees where my neighbors driveway is at. They turned around and headed back to the Cypress Trees and sat there abit. Then disappeared. My boyfriend said they were 2 year olds based on their size. I called the law to see what to do. I’ve never had this happen before. They told me just to leave the bears alone and stay clear of them. That the bears were just looking for food cause its been so dry in the mountains here. My boyfriend said that the bears ate birdseed. That they probably were going through the neighborhood checking out everyone’s birdfeeder and most likely will be back. I didn’t think until after they left to take a picture. If they come back tonight, I will take their picture and post it here tomorrow.