Bears

We live in the middle of the national forest and with that we share our land with many animals. We have foxes, dear, coyotes ( that walk in the middle of our street), Mountain Lions, and rabbits. Since the fires 2 Octobers ago the animals have come into the community and are getting braver. We have a couple of families of bears that live in the national forest and in the green belt near homes. Many bears have broken into homes, climbed balconies, and sat on cars. We almost hit a bear crossing the street one night. There are even signs warning of bear crossing we you turn on the main road. Mike's co-worker lives on the edge of the green belt and two different bears come into his yard and on his porch several times a night. One of the bears has cubs they come sometimes. The other just seems to sit there. One night we were over at his house and the bears came right up and sat down. We went outside to see them. The mother bear ran off the bigger bear. We were waiting for the cubs to come but they never did. Rylinn and I stayed on the upper deck while Mike and his friend stayed on the stairs that were in a fenced in area. The bears were still a distance but weren't bothered by us at all. Here are some pictures of our National geographic moments.



The mother bear with the cubs in the tree behind her.

The big bear laying by the house

Rylinn and I on the upper deck

Rylinn and I watching the bears.