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Genie Thorndike's avatar

Wonderful coverage and photographs. Thank you!

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MARK PICURRO's avatar

Lack of Canadians in Bar Harbor can be attributed to politics but the 30% exchange rate is a significant factor.

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Roslyn Reid's avatar

I wonder if those bears are migrating from Trenton & Lamoine. They've always been around here, but all the construction lately may be annoying them. And they do seem to love bird feeders the best!

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Anne's avatar

Lovely pictures! I know there is a bear around Mill Brook -- bird feeders get pretty bent. And a few years ago a friend had a mama and 2 cubs in her yard off Norway Drive. And another person has had a decade old 'fight' with a bear about their bird feeders over by Sweet Peas. So they have been residents on the island for years. Remember the one in the tree behind the municipal building in Bar Harbor? We have way more predators than we think... Martens, Fishers, Bobcats are also on the island.

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JENNIFER FISK's avatar

Black Bears favorite food in the early spring is fawns.

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David Greene's avatar

As always, thanks for your very information-rich reporting. Really appreciate the specific information on bear diets, range, and habits along with the bear sightings. We commonly see bear on Hancock Point, and its both interesting and useful to understand something about what they are doing and why.

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lin•'s avatar

In Grand Teton, I was advised not to hike alone or to make noise as I hiked, and to carry a good sized canister of pepper spray (tricky though when to use it.) When I showed them my shiny new bear bell, I was also told this joke: How to tell grizzly scat from other bear scat? The grizzly scat has the bear bells.

I was told. Never get near a bear cub or a bear with a cub. If a bear is standing up and 'snuffing' it is bothered and may attack. As your photos show, climbing a tree may not help. If you cannot avoid an attack - curl in fetal position with your backpack over your neck and head, as when bears fight they often go for the head and can open their jaws very wide.

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