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Black bear safety tips from WVDNR
Now that the weather is getting nicer, West Virginia’s black bears are out and about. Colin Carpenter, Black Bear Project ...
Check out the different types of bird feeders you need in your backyard. You can attract a wide range of birds that eat suet, including ... no neck under their black and-white patterned heads.
Several people have already reported black bear visits to their feeders, often destroying them while extracting their favorite bird seed or suet from ... for bears to eat, and they eat just ...
Bird feed, especially suet, is especially attractive to a bear ... that black bears have an important role in the ecosystem, said Jared Duquette, a DNR wildlife biologist. "Bears eat a variety ...
Black bears are expanding their ... Limit or eliminate access to bird feed, including suet, which "is like fast food to a bear." The animals can smell the feed from up to a mile away and remember ...
A bear will keep on moving if there is nothing tasty to eat such as bird seed, unsecured garbage or a food-splattered grill, DNR officials said.
Here are two important points to remember: Bird feed, including suet, is like ... is year after year. A bear will likely keep on moving if there’s nothing tasty to eat, whether that’s bird ...
Black bears are expanding their ... Limit or eliminate access to bird feed, including suet, which "is like fast food to a bear." The animals can smell the feed from up to a mile away and remember ...