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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
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 Posted - Mar 16 2010 : 04:53:13 AM
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the black bears start coming out of hibernation and scavenging for food. I had a very large black bear on my front porch on Sunday trying to get the birdseed out of my feeder. I knocked on the window, and he just looked at me and went back to eating my birdseed!
They are beautiful animals, but are also terribly destructive!
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
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Annika
USA
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2010 : 06:38:00 AM
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Oh my thats to close for comfort and well I wouldnt want to be to close to that skunk either. Blessings,Karen
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10
Farmgirl sister #1156
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2010 : 3:13:18 PM
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He was probably too hungry to be afriad of you at the time. How long did it stay there?
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2010 : 6:25:21 PM
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Wow! Sounds exciting! The canadian geese and the buffleheads are back, which is a great sign, but it would have been far more exciting to see a bear on my front porch! Did you get pictures??
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
www.wakeupstartlearning.blogspot.com
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2010 : 04:22:31 AM
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He stayed for about 5 minutes. I didn't get any pictures because I didn't want to open the door, plus it was getting close to dark out. Actually he came back again the next night to the back porch, but I had outsmarted him and already moved the garbage can to the shed!!!
Amy - what is a bufflehead? Guess we don't have them in PA !
Luanne
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Mar 17 2010 : 4:48:42 PM
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Luanne, I sure hope he doesn't make your house a habit. That could be dangerous. Does he just come in the evening? Be careful.
I live right in a valley between 2 big mountains. I have never seen a bear here yet. We are way out in the country, too. I have heard coyotes alot, though. I like to go for walks out back. I guess I should be careful.
Kris
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Edited by - kristin sherrill on Mar 17 2010 4:50:13 PM |
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 04:35:07 AM
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He is usually only here early evening or night. Bears in this area hibernate and are just coming out of their dens. They are hungry, and there is not much food growing yet for them, so they scavenge bird feeders, garbage cans etc. Just have to keep an eye out for him when we are coming and going!
Luanne
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 04:51:07 AM
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The sun is out YAY!! Nice and real suny here, wow that has been a LOOOONG time ago And we SO need it after all the snow, grey and rainy weather we've had since before December!!
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
My personal blog:
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
Almost daily updates on me and mine :)
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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 06:48:19 AM
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Luanne,
Yikes! But you sound like its normal to have a bear on your porch.
We're thinking Spring just might be here since the robins showed up in our yard last week, the possums eating the bread we throw out for the birds and the neighbors cats are back to getting into our trash now that our 10 inches of snow has thawed. 
Judy
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 07:01:59 AM
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Yup - bears in the Spring is the norm around here - we are used to them. They are fun to see, but they are also very destructive. Robins came this week too - so maybe Spring really is here!!
Luanne
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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solilly
True Blue Farmgirl
726 Posts
Lillian
Williamsburg
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 07:10:53 AM
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For us the blue bird scouts have come and now gone so in a week or two the females will be here making nest. All 4 of our bird housees have two or more nestings in each box. The spring flowers and the weeds are also in bloom. Yap the grass cutting is about to begin. Lilly 
learning the life I always wanted. |
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Ingrid
True Blue Farmgirl
432 Posts
Ingrid
BC
Canada
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Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 11:14:57 AM
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Here we've had swans. They use this area as a stop on their way north. They have babies and as the ugly duckling story goes they aren't very pretty compared to the parents. It sure is neat to watch them change to white swans. No bears here but I heard the other day there was a cougar in someones yard just up the hill from us. Lots of birds of every type and I've seen quite a few with nest building material. I cut my grass last weekend. Funny thing was this morning I got up to a hard frost covering everything. Spring is so weird sometimes but I love it.
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peafarm
True Blue Farmgirl
182 Posts
Penny
South Dakota
182 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 7:09:35 PM
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You can tell Spring is here when...all day you've been thinking when I get off work and get home I'm gonna...
And by the time you get off work...it's raining. <sigh>
(I was going to take the miniature horses for a walk tonight)
Penny
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phonelady
True Blue Farmgirl
323 Posts
Carla
Loveland
Colorado
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Posted - Apr 06 2010 : 08:58:50 AM
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The sun is out and then it starts hailing [sigh...]
Carla
"You shot it Tarzan-
You eat it."
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 06 2010 : 1:32:39 PM
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The wisteria is blooming everywhere --- The June bugs are attacking the back door and the cats are exhausted from chasing them around the back door, the horse blankets are decorating the clothes line instead of the horses. We open all the windows of the house and I love it.
Farmgirl Sister 572
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