Bear!

Dan was riding his bike around our complex of houses this morning before school when a runner tipped him off that there was a bear nearby – less than 100m from our house.  When we first saw it, it was lounging in a tree.  Later, we heard a warning shot and it lolloped across the open ground behind our house and over the horizon: we could watch from our very verandah.  Super super exciting: apparently people go years living in Boulder and never see one.  This is the time of year to do it: they are stocking up for hibernation and come into town for berries and crab apples from gardens (and to explore ‘trash cans’ aswell of course) as this summer’s dry weather has meant not so much to eat in the mountains.

Can you see the bear in the tree?

Don't head into town or you'll be tranquilised

Brave ranger, and lady banging saucepans, not sure it helps.

Here’s what the local paper made of it, with an annoyingly better photo:

http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_21513429/bear-climbs-up-tree-across-street-from-fairview?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com