My name isn't Goldilocks

[gerisullivan]

Google Images suggests that my first reaction to the scat I saw at the edge of the yard might well have been spot on. It might not be bear scat; I haven't seen or heard about bears in these particular woods since moving here eight years ago. But it looks enough like the images "bear scat" Google Images search brought up that I wouldn't bet against it being bear until someone more knowledgeable, like batwrangler, says otherwise. I'll take another look at it tomorrow, probably with camera phone in hand.

I already follow the Living with Black Bears food and garbage guidance. If there is a bear hereabouts, I hope the noisy lawnmower convinced it to keep its distance.

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There are black bears

[dragonet2.livejournal.com]

in Massachusetts. The first list I found was where they were EXTINCT.

As long as you know the rules and keep your garage locked, you shouldn't have a problem. 9I have friends who live right outside Rocky Mountain National Park. Since they moved there in 1993, the state conservation department has had to shoot about five bears because they learned to OPEN garage doors.

Re: There are black bears

[lauriemann.livejournal.com]

Not only are there bears in Massachusetts, there's a sign on Route 140 up around Gardner that read "Bear Crossing." It was near another sign I didn't expect to see in Massachusetts, "Moose Crossing."