I just wanted to let you know that we have a black bear in the nearby neighborhood.
As I was leaving the Hill (around 3:30 or so), I turned left onto Trouble Street, and just about the place where Dave Bowman lives, there was a largish (180 lbs or so) black bear standing on the road, examining something on the ground. I honked, and it rambled off into the woods on Dave’s side of the street. I didn’t see any cubs, so I don’t know if it was a female or a sole male, but it was a bear, no question about it.
Since we now know we do have a bear in the woods nearby, it’s a good idea to remind everyone at Arunah Hill Days to keep their food either in their cars, or in a bear proof container so as not to attract the critters into the clearing.
-Ray
My comments:
We also need to be doing a better job getting our trash out of there ever time we use Arunah Hill. Next time I'm up on the hill, I'm going to leave a bag of heavy trash bags up by the pavilion. Please don't leave ANYTHING eatable in the blue barrels. Put everything in a trash bag, and haul the trash bag away at the end of the evening. I've been guilty of this myself in the past, after the "fried turkey" of Memorial day, raccoons got in to the leftovers.
-Ed
2 comments:
I'll be responsible for trash removal from now on. By the way I left by accident a burger on the picnic table. That was my fault. As for the bears. Not a surprise. We do need to make sure not to scare any of the public about this.
Jonathan
No problem Jonathan, I picked up the burger and took out the trash.
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