Comments on: Bears??? http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/05/27/bears/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:24:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Cory DeStein http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/05/27/bears/comment-page-1/#comment-12679 Cory DeStein Sun, 13 Mar 2011 02:48:02 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=19625#comment-12679 I had never seen a bear in 20 years of camping and countless hiking trips, then in 2010 I saw 4 in 1 month!!!

]]> By: Mary DeV http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/05/27/bears/comment-page-1/#comment-9725 Mary DeV Sat, 29 May 2010 03:16:20 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=19625#comment-9725 Channel 11 just showed footage of a bear chowin’ down on some tasty bird feeders! This was in Murrysville.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/05/27/bears/comment-page-1/#comment-9710 Leslie Thu, 27 May 2010 17:01:47 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=19625#comment-9710 I usually see at least one bear a year in my hikes, mostly in western MD or WVA. I’ve seen them with their adorable cubs a few times. and it’s always a thrill. They’re timid animals because the agressive ones are usually killed. I agree with removing the feeders because they get too acclimated to humans, which can make them dangerous. It’s funny that there are so many more in PA but I have to go out of state to see them. I hope I get to see one here! I wonder if a bear would kill a coyote if it ran across one. One can only hope.

]]> By: Joann http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/05/27/bears/comment-page-1/#comment-9709 Joann Thu, 27 May 2010 16:46:36 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=19625#comment-9709 We have had some bear sightings around our area as well in NJ. There was a mama bear & her cubs running around the town where I work a couple of weeks ago & they don’t know where she came from but they did finally catch her but I’m not sure if they got the cubs as yet. There was also one running across one of our local Universities but they were able to catch the bear & return it to the wild.

]]> By: Marianne http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2010/05/27/bears/comment-page-1/#comment-9699 Marianne Thu, 27 May 2010 12:06:51 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=19625#comment-9699 It is amazing about the bears coming into the city! They sure know how to find easy food!

I live in the country and bring my 6 feeders in at night all of the time, due to bears who like fast food. They also have a habit of destroying the feeders in the process. :-(

I am currently down to one feeder, which is only half full of sunflower hearts. When it is empty, I won’t start feeding again until mid-December. Hopefully the bears will be hibernating well by then. I still bring in my feeders at night just in case though.

I do keep a hummingbird feeder up all summer.

]]>