You can always bring you feeders in after dark. Over 42 years, I've had
periodic visits from bears, but almost all visits were late afternoon or
after the sun went down. Barking dogs are a very big deterrent to roaming
bears, particularly for a sow with cubs. If you keep horse and supplement
hay/grazing with grain & sweet feed close your barn doors at night, as
well.

There are great joys to warm-weather feeding, including rose-breasted
grosbeaks and indigo buntings, both of which bring begging chicks to the
feeders, and hummingbirds, of course; you just have to *monitor* your
feeding situation more closely than you do in winter when bears are
sleeping.

On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 6:35 AM, margaret bragg <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> At the Town of Hanover's meeting with NH Fish and Game on "Modifying Bear
> Behavior" last week, F & G stressed the importance of feeding birds only
> between Dec 1st and April 1st. Black oil sunflower seeds are a big
> attraction for bears...
>
> To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set
> your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the
> list owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe:
> E-mail this command to [log in to unmask] UNSUBSCRIBE
> UV-Birders To change your e-mail address: E-mail this command from your old
> address to: [log in to unmask] CHANGE UV-Birders [new e-mail
> address]
>
> Web based archives and subscription management are available at:
> http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html
>


To post messages, send e-mail to:  [log in to unmask]
Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages.
To contact the list owner:  [log in to unmask]
To unsubscribe:  E-mail this command to [log in to unmask]  UNSUBSCRIBE UV-Birders
To change your e-mail address:  E-mail this command from your old address to: [log in to unmask]  CHANGE UV-Birders [new e-mail address]

Web based archives and subscription management are available at:
http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html