I have several family members who live in Perry County, Pennsylvania. Some live in small towns while others live in the country working on their farms. The county is rural and small towns, you won’t find any large cities. You’ll often see wildlife along the road or out in the open fields.
For example…while driving down the road I spotted this large adult black bear crossing the road. He or She was heading into the cornfield…I’m assuming to grab a bite to eat. I pulled over so that I wouldn’t hit or scare the bear. While waiting for it to get across…snapped a few photos. Bear attacks are unusual around here, so it’s important to keep your distance.
The majority of the time you never see stuff like this down in the city (although there have been bear sightings from time to time in the city too), so it was a real treat to spot this one crossing the road. I’m happy to report…they got across safely and on his/her way.
I have not seen any bears around my home. However, there have been a lot of deer sightings and some coyotes too.
Thank you for sharing this great picture made me smile when I saw it. We have a lot of bears in our area but I haven’t seen one in so many years. People are encroaching on their natural habitat so much here.
There has been bear, coyote deer and bobcat sightings in our fairly urban area. They have less and less wild areas to roam. We are careful to keep our cats indoors.
Its sad you see more and more wildlife crossing road or coming in to backyards. My brother lives in the country and they must live on the animal route. He has bobcats that come around about once a month. And coyote that comes through and tried to get some of his chickens. In his 40+ years there he has only saw a bear once. He also has lots of deer and wild turkeys.
We don’t have bears here but we do have every other critter. We have a herd of deer that live in the back part of my neighbor’s and my yards. They come out to find food or show off their young… but mostly they are nice to watch except when they strip my blueberry bushes.