Living with bears XLVIII

Bears swim, rummage through garbage while roaming LA suburb

Animal headline of the day

North Carolina bird feeder's warranty doesn't cover bear damage

Animal headline of the day

Bear rides for 65 miles on Fresno trash truck

Animal headline of the day

French bulldog chases 2 bears from California home

Living with bears XLVII

Scared bear spends week in central Louisiana neighborhood

Living with bears XLVI

Oregon: Baby bear caught roaming the halls of RiteAid in Ashland

Wyoming: Black bear euthanized after breaking into house

Utah: Young bear relocated after roaming through neighborhood

California: Bear cub reunited with mama after getting stuck

Colorado: Black Bear Gets Trapped Inside Car, and Car Damage Ensues

Living with bears XLV

Canada: This Mailman Gives the Greatest Excuse Of All Time For Not Delivering a Package, Bear hanging around Port Coquitlam home concerns residents

Massachusetts: Bear kills Chelmsford man's chickens, duck My sister's office is only 2 or 3 miles from there!

Animal headline of the day

Bear spotted lounging in hammock

Living with bears XLIV

Bear obeys bartender's command, leaves Juneau bar

Animal headline of the day

Black bear breaks into Knoxville Zoo

Living with bears XLIII

I gave up reporting occurrences of bears intruding into humans' areas several years ago, simply because it was so common. However, this one is too close to home. My wife taught school in Montclair.

New Jersey: After a Bear Is Caught in Montclair, Students Are Allowed Back Outside

Animal headline of the day

Bear In Hopatcong Man’s Basement Went Undetected For Weeks

Animal headline of the day

Unwelcome bear on Boulder hospital property chased off with country music

It would chase me off.

Living with bears XLIII, or Headline of the day(Take your pick)

Montana: Woman Wards Bear off With Well-Aimed Zucchini

Living with wild turkeys VII

When I tweeted this I said a flock of turkeys seemed to be staying at our inn. A friend of mine said the correct term is a "rafter" of turkeys. Well, she's a college professor, so she must be right.

This is a whole lot better than last year, when the inn had signs up warning us of bears lurking around.

Living with bobcats XXXVIII (and mountain lions (cougars) and bears)

Minnesota: Two bobcat sightings on Hiawatha Ave., Bobcat search starts from scratch

Report from the Berkshires

I haven't been eaten by a bear. So far.

Living with bears XLII

Just for old times' sake.

Wisconsin: Black Bear Spotted Again South of La Crosse

Alaska: Anchorage black bear stirs up trouble

Washington: Karelian bear dogs unleashed in Wash. state to drive off bears

Ohio: ODNR: More than 100 black bear sightings reported last year

Florida: State of the Florida black bear, Well-Fed Bear Released Back Into Wild, FL Black Bear Festival: Big Business Learning About Living in Bear Country

Headline of the day

Teacher OK after crashing into bear on a bicycle

It must have been one of those circus bears.

(The AP did try to fix up the headline later: "Teacher OK after striking bear while riding bike.")

Living with bears XLI

Canada: Bear spotted in East Vancouver captured, Bear tranquilized in Winnipeg neighbourhood, Bear shot, killed near Salem school, Bear gives Brentwood Bay a scare, then strolls off, It’s bear season once again, Bear sighting in Pickering, Bear’s wild ride in Pickering over

Massachusetts: Awe, damage mark trail of bear sightings

Nevada: Calif., Nev. pool resources to combat bear problems at Tahoe

Pennsylvania: Bear keeps Perkasie police hopping, Black bear city’s least-wanted tourist, Montgomery County Black Bear Tagged, Released

Rhode Island: Black bear roams South County