He's baaack . . .

This year we’ve had a cold, wet spring, so I’m late at getting anything planted. Yesterday I got a few flowers in hanging baskets and pots. I was just sitting down to enjoy my handiwork when a black bear showed up. He came around the side of the house and headed toward the stairs of the deck where Woody and I were sitting.

At least Woody was awake this time. He charged at the bear, barking like crazy, and it took off into the area behind the house. He lingered a bit in the scrubby bushes behind the house, looking back now and then as if he was trying to figure us out. Damn bears are very curious critters. But eventually he wandered off. He was about the same size as the bear who was getting into my feeders last year. He also showed up first on the day I planted my flowers, so maybe he’s just into gardening.

You can barely see him in this pic – he’s the black blob in the middle, turning around to check us out.

I took the sunflower seed feeders in last night, but left the hummingbird feeders up for now. We have loads of hummingbirds this year and I don’t want them to leave, so the feeders will stay up unless the bears start getting into them. Maybe Woody’s fearsome charge was enough to scare him away for good.