Barb Parrish
We had a visitor three times this week. I finally got a picture of him today, May 2nd. So far, he has messed up our wooden fence and stolen the bird feeder. When I saw him in the back yard about an hour ago, I called the game department and spoke with Todd Jacob-sen (360-600-4920). He asked that I share some information regarding bears visiting your yard:
- Remove any attractants such as a barbecue, garbage cans, or bird feeders. He recommends that you don’t put bird feeders out until the end of November.
2. Usually bears will return to a place where they found food before.
3. Make some people-kind of noise to scare them off. (I used the siren app on my phone, but most loud noises will work.)
4. Todd said he has not had to deal with a bear entering a building, though they had over 500 bear nuisance calls last year.
We live at the bottom of Schilling Road on Centerville Hwy. The bear headed towards Schilling Road when I scared him.