Fred the Bear (bears are less frightening if they have a name!) made his first appearance outside Woodland Trails B&B on April 22nd, the earliest we’ve ever seen him. In most years we see him regularly, sometimes during the day and sometimes at night, through the end of August. After September 1st, he must find a better deal somewhere, such as field corn in the milk stage, and he disappears.
Thankfully, Fred has never caused serious problems. He is content to eat corn or sunflower seeds under one of the feeders and leave the B&B and other buildings alone.