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This obviously is not a bear; I wasn’t quick-witted enough to get a photo of the vandal. As I drove into the driveway after running errands one morning, I saw one of the hummingbird feeders on the ground and knew immediately that a bear had been around. As I carefully exited the car, I noticed that the garbage can had been dumped over (nothing interesting there). From the porch I could see that the shepherds hook had been flattened, and those feeders were down or gone. Then I heard a noise up the hill and saw a bear munching away on apples from my little tree (the only one that had apples this year). It was no trouble for him(?) to bend the wire fence to get at the tree; unfortunately, one of the branches was split in the process. We looked at each other before he ambled off into the woods. (Later I picked the rest of the apples and taped the split branch to see if it will heal.)
I love living here and observing nature but I’ve learned my lessons:
- At least one bear has decided to hang around in the Hollow.
- No more feeders unless I am home and watching.
- Feed the deer only when they show up and no more than they (and the turkeys) can finish. (I just went down and fed six does and Lil Buck while five or six fawns ran around the meadow and into the woods.) Here’s a short video of how it ended.
They’ve all left, and the cats are waiting to be fed. I’ll get back to the blog another day soon!
French Broad Hollow Ramble 
My brother and sister-in-law had a bear take a bucket (with lid) partially full of bird seed. The bear had to crawl over their gate to get to the bucket. My sister-in-law said the bear was using the bucket like a purse.
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I don’t leave any food or feed outside except for bird feeders when I am home and awake.
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