Recently we had a visit of a Momma bear and her three cubs. I just happened to be outside working on the side of the house when they came down. I didn't even realize they were out there until I came back in through my front door and spotted them out the kitchen window. They were at my deer feeder.



Here is one of the cubs checking out my squirrel feeder. They soon all climbed up into the tree.


Here's Momma and baby sharing my sunflower seeds!


Here's Mom trying to reach another feeder that was too high for her. To the right is a empty tortoise pen. There were times in the past last year, where I had Greek tortoises in there and the bears never bothered them at night, but just ate the sunflower seeds.


Mom surprised me when she jumped on top of my deer feeder to lick up seeds I had put out for the birds.


The bear visit was for 40 minutes and my wife and I took some great pictures and video. This was the third time we have seen them and oddly enough it is always on a Friday evening. We haven't seen them since.

OH my GOODNESS! I'm glad I wasnt there. Great pics but one of my worst fears is being attacked by a momma bear protecting her babies...
They really are beautiful....this side of the pic ..lol

Honestly, that would scare the crap out of me!!! LOL. But I love lookin at the pics! Very cute!

Those are some really great shots. I would love to be able to see something like that in my back yard. We have tons of deer and turkey, but just moved in so we really havent seen much yet. Im sure we will though. We live on 80 acres, mostly wooded.

Wow I've seen black bears in Yellowstone before but I stayed FAR away from them.

Although all the bears I have come across in my yard are timid and run away when they see me, I always am cautious and treat them with respect.

great photos! that's pretty cool to have that much wildlife going through your yard. good think you are safe about it

It must be really nice to see things like that happening, they are really good photos

Really great photos Patrick

WOW!! That is really cool!! Those are some neat pictures. Maybe they will come back tonight.