Second bear in my plum tree in the last few days...UPDATE

[MontanaMama]

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This one is collared and not as big as the one who came through in Sunday. The plums are just now ripe enough to pick but there aren’t any left that I can get to even with a ladder. Some years are like that. I believe the bears know more than we do when it comes to weather changes and winter coming.

UPDATE: So my husband talked to the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks bear warden yesterday asking about this collared bear. He was told that FWP doesn't collar black bears and this little bear was collared by the biologists at the MPG Ranch near Florence, MT. I don't know how the MPG gets authorization to collar bears...and that's a whole argument by itself but what's interesting is that this bear got to my house in the Rattlesnake Creek drainage from Florence! That's over 25 miles. Fascinating!!

Here’s last night’s bear:



Sunday’s bear:

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Whoa!

That bear definitely knows when and where the most delicious plums can be found!

[MontanaMama]

3. They're sure tearing the heck out of my tree.

Lots of broken branches…however, I live in a busy wildlife corridor and so it is what it is.

[Quakerfriend]

2. Oh my! I hope he leaves a couple for you to enjoy! N/t

[Jim G.]

4. Wow!

I would get one of those aerosol signal airhorns (like they use on boats) if you want to scare them away.

[MontanaMama]

6. They've already cleaned out most of the plums so

there’s not much for them to come back for at this point…except I do have an apple tree in the back yard that is loaded with fruit. That’ll be next!

[EYESORE 9001]

5. Bear sez

plums are ripe enough for me.

[Bayard]

7. I'd give up a few plums for bears

Very cool. As long as you don't have dogs to fight with them.

[cilla4progress]

8. So cute!

Always a good year for me when I see a bear. Haven't in a couple years! Only their poop...

Thanks for the pics!

[markie]

9. I have so many plums this year

that I would almost welcome the bears coming to help me pick... (I did say almost ) unfortunately they come for the plums and then I have to keep them away from the chickens and bees... usually the bears are most active in the spring here... lots of woods in the back to keep them fed in summer

[Harker]

10. Maybe you have it backwards...

and there are plums in your bear tree.

[Irish_Dem]

13. +1

[MontanaMama]

15. Oh my gosh.

I’m so using that. Plums in my bear tree….

[Harker]

16. When I lived in Colorado, we called those glass containers

of sugar water "hummingbear" feeders.

I thought using a long pole from our front deck to attach one maybe forty feet up a pine would be safe.

I finally found it, mangled and drained, fifty yards down the driveway.

It was their mountain; they just tolerated us living on it.

[MontanaMama]

18. That's exactly right.

It’s their valley…I am just lucky enough to live here.

[sakabatou]

11. We have the same problem, except it's squirrels instead of bears

[3catwoman3]

12. The one without the collar looks ...

…well fed.

[MontanaMama]

17. Oh I think he's very well fed.

I live in a little valley that has a ton of fruit trees. It’s a bear feed bag.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Face it, you are hosting a nightly bear buffet.

Just put out a tip jar and take home boxes.

[MatthewHatesTrump2]

19. K&R

I love bears!