If you go out in the woods today . . .

[madamesilverspurs]

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[Walleye]

1. Oh my!

[hlthe2b]

2. Spring brings all kinds of babies!

[PJMcK]

3. ...You're in for a big surprise!

Great shot.

Thank you, madam.

[Delphinus]

4. Well,

that just put a huge smile on my face.

[FirstLight]

5. Awwww

Haven't seen our local bear family yet, snow's melted, but I guess that's a good thing, means nobody is leaving garbage out! (no vacation rentals)

[Srkdqltr]

6. Teddy Bear's picnic.

Haven't heard that in a long time

[pazzyanne]

13. ...

[Srkdqltr]

17. I've been humming this all evening.

Not to bad considering LOL

[lamp_shade]

25. Thanks. I sang along with the video... and I knew all the words.

My mother used to sing this to us kids when we were little. Now I have an earworm.

[EndlessWire]

28. One of my favorite singers, n/t

[SharonAnn]

7. We always see bears in Cades Cove, Smoky Mountain National Park. With babies in spring/early summer

[captain queeg]

8. When I first moved to WA we saw a couple cubs

Out on a back road out of Darrington. The driver stopped and we got out of the car (I know). Mamma came charging out of the woods and we jumped in the car and hitailed it.

[Solly Mack]

9. Lived in the Springs years ago. One morning I went out

to start the car and there stood a bear. We looked at each other and I spun about to go right back inside.

My husband said "That was quick. I need to leave soon."

I told him he wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

I did the driving during heavy snows at the time. I was good at it. He got good at it too after that morning.

No way was I trying to reason with a bear to allow me to get in the car.

The bear was obviously hungry. He was trying to get into the nearby dumpster. Tall enough to get the lid up. Strong enough too. We watched from the window.

Work (army) laughed at him but said it happened all the time in winter.

Saw more bears while living there but that time stands out for me.

[rhiannon55]

19. I lived in the Springs for 12 years

That looks like it's in Palmer Park. You probably know it. It's a beautiful park in the middle of the city. I used to take my kids there for hiking and picnics, and it felt like we were in the mountains.

[Solly Mack]

20. It's a beautiful city. Well, lots of beautiful areas.

Lots and lots.

[handmade34]

10. bears have been

in my yard this week... tore down my chicken wire and tried to get into the refrigerator in my honey stand... ha, couldn't get it open but he/she shook things up... I have electric fence around the bees hives and now put it up around honey stand every night

[BigmanPigman]

11. Hey kids, it is pic-a-nic time....

[JHB]

12. "Look for the bear necessities, the simple bear necessities..."

[Scarsdale]

14. The cubs are SO cute!

Momma is very protective. She is big, too.

[Alex4Martinez]

15. Obligatory "hello there" bear:

[KT2000]

18. Hey that guy's in my neighborhood

He used to sit behind a curve that had trees. When a car came out of the trees he would fling rocks or dirt clods at the cars. I bet he found waving got him more treats.

[EndlessWire]

27. Is this real?? n/t

[Alex4Martinez]

29. Yes, there are a ton of waving bear videos on YouTube.

I think in National Parks they have learned to wave back.



Here are two waving bears in same clip:

[mchill]

16. Had a mama and 2 big babies in my driveway

A couple of weeks ago. I catch them on my Ring camera.

[burrowowl]

21. Kick

[Talitha]

22. Awwww, how adorable! Like they're made of black velvet...

Makes me jealous that they never even heard of donnie doofus, you know?

[Demovictory9]

23. so cute

[William Seger]

24. You don't have to go into the woods in Colorado Springs

In many neighborhoods, the bears will come to you.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

26. Where are their masks? Protesters comin' outta the woodwork now.

[pwb]

30. Looking for picinick baskets?