We live in midtown Anchorage, surrounded by other houses and people. We like it – we are a few minutes away from everything and have great neighbors.
Our next door neighbor called this morning to deliver a bear warning. Police swung by her house around 10 AM today and told her a black bear was in our neighborhood.
Earlier this week a black bear broke into a chicken coop after the birds had been put up for the night and had a little snack. Since we didn’t want to be a news feature we gathered up the girls (really hard to do mid-morning – they KNOW it’s not time for bed) who were not the least bit cooperative. We hadn’t torn down the chicken infirmary in the bathroom so we stuffed them into the kennel and rabbit cage with some food and water. Brought the feed and garbage into the garage, dumped the water containers, and did a quick walk thru to see if there was anything else that might look delectable to a bear.
The chickens are indignant and vocal about missing prime bug chasing time.
The corgis are vocal and indignant about being denied chicken access.
The humans went to breakfast.