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We rescue cats — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 21:16:36 GMT

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Venezia — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 21:28:33 GMT

Is it my imagination or is that a bird on the tree branch in front of the feeders? It's probably thinking "What the heck!? Leave some for me!"

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On It — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 21:48:37 GMT

@We rescue cats Oh my! I fear you have a regular customer. But on the upside, those are great photos.

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We rescue cats — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 22:01:07 GMT

@Venezia -Yep It is a bird in the tree!

@On It - he's been around a few times at night, I've smelled him. But we bring the feeders in at night so he's leaving here hungry! I guess he figured it out! LOL!

Texted the pics to DH today and he just laughed...said rescue the feeders!! I didn't ... the sunflower seed feeder is history, but he was gentle with the suet cake.

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CoffeeNut — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 22:22:27 GMT

And I worry about squirrels eating my birdseed. LOL

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fthunt — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:00:25 GMT

YUP..........a bird

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Susan345 — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:03:17 GMT

@We rescue cats

There is a saying "a fed bear is a dead bear". Where I live we don't leave feeders out this time of year.

If you want him around that's nice but you are teaching him bad habits. And if he moves to someone else's yard they might not be so nice.

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PamfromCT — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:53:25 GMT

I know people mean well, but bears should not be in people's yards scrounging for food. Before you know it, they break into some houses and can become a major problem.

We live in a suburb in CT, where our town has issued an ordinance against folks leaving bird feeders out from spring until fall weather. No trash to be left out, either. If bears are found out in public, they are given a tranquilizer and relocated into a forest area. If they threaten anyone or break into a house (yes it has happened) they are euthanized. Gladly, we have no bear hunts here. You may want to google bears in Ct for more information. This has been quite a problem.

If you happen to see a bear, you should slowly walk away. If someone runs, the bear will chase, mistaking you for prey.

I don't want to sound like a shrew, but some bears can be dangerous - particularly a momma bear with her cubs. "There are stories....

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Lucky Charm — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:19:49 GMT

Bears scare the heck out of me. I've never been to our son's place in the Poconos, my fear is so bad. They can break into some houses, easily.

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We rescue cats — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:23:47 GMT

We have had bears here several times in the 24 years we've lived here, but usually it is at night.I wonder if the dry weather is bringing him around more that usual. Several years ago a bear cleared out my koi pond and broke my heart...we had several Japanese koi that we had imported from Japan that ended up as a meal. We live in a rural area in the Laurel Mountains, we treat all wildlife with great respect but thank you for your warnings,I appreciate them.

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SoCal Bred — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:08:48 GMT

With the weather being in the upper 90's and triple digits up in the San Gabriel Valley areas, bears have been caught on home secuirty cameras going into swimming pools to relax and cool off one was even caught taking the cover off a jacuzzi and going into the water.

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SoCal Bred — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:20:52 GMT

@Lucky Charm wrote

Bears scare the heck out of me. I've never been to our son's place in the Poconos, my fear is so bad. They can break into some houses, easily

Yes, almost daily you read or see reports on the news of bears breaking into homes in our local areas going into the fridge to get food, one local resident was in his garage when a bear snuck up and opened a fridge he had in the garage, the bear had a bag of Oreos in his mouth and wandered off with it.

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We rescue cats — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:08:27 GMT

I appreciate the concern and want to address some of the thoughts shared on this thread.

We walked thru some of the woods that border our 'yard' and have noticed that many of the berry bushes are bare, in some cases even the foliage is stunted or stripped. I had not really thought of the closing of our pool last year impacting things to this extent but of course it probably has. We have several watering stations but next year we will add some small wading pools. We've been a certified wildlife habitat for 24 years and work with the local conservation team. We have 22 acres of ground, 17 of which is undeveloped, it is the wooded area you see behind the bear. We coordinate with our bordering neighbors and together we have over 100 acres, all of which is protected from hunters and development, we are within spitting distance of a reservoir, but it is very dry this year. We've worked quite hard to bring our property back to nature even though we have been asked to sell it to developers or timber it out several times. We do this for the love of nature and the animals. It is our thanks to them so we choose to give back. I really appreciate the concerns voiced, thank you for caring enough to point out you experiences.

@Susan345

@PamfromCT

@SoCal Bred

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Lucky Charm — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:22:23 GMT

@We rescue cats wrote:
I appreciate the concern and want to address some of the thoughts shared on this thread.
We walked thru some of the woods that border our 'yard' and have noticed that many of the berry bushes are bare, in some cases even the foliage is stunted or stripped. I had not really thought of the closing of our pool last year impacting things to this extent but of course it probably has. We have several watering stations but next year we will add some small wading pools. We've been a certified wildlife habitat for 24 years and work with the local conservation team. We have 22 acres of ground, 17 of which is undeveloped, it is the wooded area you see behind the bear. We coordinate with our bordering neighbors and together we have over 100 acres, all of which is protected from hunters and development, we are within spitting distance of a reservoir, but it is very dry this year. We've worked quite hard to bring our property back to nature even though we have been asked to sell it to developers or timber it out several times. We do this for the love of nature and the animals. It is our thanks to them so we choose to give back. I really appreciate the concerns voiced, thank you for caring enough to point out you experiences.
@Susan345
@PamfromCT
@SoCal Bred

@We rescue cats I love all animals! I think it's awesome you tend to nature as you do! And that you rescue cats!

But that doesn't mean that I'm not scared of lions and tigers and bears!

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goldensrbest — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:45:15 GMT

Take the bird feeder down.

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PamfromCT — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:32:18 GMT

@We rescue cats. I appreciate your love of animals, as I also love them, too. We live close to two deeded heavily wooded sanctuaries, which a very wealthy person gave to our town very many years ago. We have many trees around our house, and it really seems like we live in a park! When we are able, during the winter and early spring, we have five different feeders on our deck and attract so many different birds! We also have several bird houses on high poles around the yard. They are protected because my DH ensures the bottoms of the poles are regularly sprinkled with wolf urine. That ensures bears will not attack the houses. Guess where we buy wolf urine? Amazon, of course. It works, so birdie families are left alone.

I would say there is no one we know who hunts animals. I do not care to eat meat much any more.
Not long back, a bear attacked a woman walking a dog in our town, and it did not end well. Bears have knocked down fences, entered homes, and one poor bear got stuck inside someone's car (but was safely brought out). We also have foxes and cyotes in our area, so our kitty is strictly inside. But we have a big house with lots of windows, so he is kept safe. We are 80 and 83, so he is our pampered baby. The shelter we adopted him from found him wandering city streets.

Sorry for the ramble!

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brandiwine — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:38:09 GMT

I wish people would quit providing food sources for bears. Here in Colorado they usually end up dead. So sad. Sure, you get "cute" photos, but it's horrible for the bears.

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ID2 — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:45:20 GMT

In bear country you aren't ever supposed to leave bird feeders out.

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brandiwine — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 19:47:53 GMT

@We rescue cats We have over 300 hundred acres of open land that has been in the family for over 100 years. We have bear, antelope, elk, etc that flow thru during the year. We do not have bird feeders or trash around the house to temp the wild animals. We have 3 large ponds and 2 wells that pump fresh water for these amazing animals. No hunting allowed. We would never create a situation that would cause an animal to be moved or killed. Please consider removing food sources, especially this time of year for the sake of the bears.

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We rescue cats — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 19:54:39 GMT

I will agree to respectfully disagree.