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THE 2011 SEASON IS CONTINUING INTO 2012

Scenic Drive Friends  

1/22/2012 - Please let people know that the bears are still in the area. We just had two teenagers destroy our birdfeeders and spend more than an hour cleaning up their mess. Nancy & Dave Ticko

1/22/2012 - We also had a bear or bears last night. They tore down a bird feeder from one of our trees. Pulled out an iron hanger fastened with two pretty good screws.  -Nick Weedman

12/15/2011 - Driving down Winding Meadows at approx. 6pm between Kenmure Drive & the crossing area to hole 18 we stopped to watch a mother and two cubs slowly cross the road. They were traveling in a northerly direction. Be aware-the bears are still out and about. Reported by Bill McKee.

11/11/2011 - At 7:22 pm yesterday I came across a mountain lion near Kenmure Dr. & Winding Meadow!! Yes, it was a mountain lion...he sat there a moment and stared at my car until I backed up and turned towards him and off he ran down the driveway. The difference between a bobcat and a mountain lion is the tail and size and of course the markings...I think people should be warned of this since it's the second time we have seen one here in 3 yrs of living here!! Both times were evening and here around Kenmure Drive. I spoke to a ranger and he assured me that they are here, but some won't admit to it. Elizabeth Peppas

9/25/2011 -As is my usual practice, I was readying the garbage to go out on Monday morning last night around 5:00 PM. Several white garbage bags were in the large garbage can behind my Jeep near the garage door, which I had left open. I was in my office and Hepsie was on the deck. She heard a loud noise and came to ask me if I had heard it. When she turned to go back to toward the kitchen she saw the bears tearing open our garbage bags. There were three cubs and a good sized mama. We tried banging on the inside of the front door. We blew a loud whistle. They would run off a short distance but mama was not giving up that easily. The garbage can was blocking the garage door but I managed to pull it back out of the way and closed the garage door.
Finally, we just let them come back and finish the job and took pictures from the open front door. They paid no attention to us at all as we stood in the doorway twenty feet away. When mama decided the goodies were gone, she summoned the cubs and they casually walked across the driveway going west. All four bears looked fat and healthy. We kept a watchful eye as we cleaned up the mess but they were long gone. From now on the garage door will stay closed at all times. I am just happy they didn't get into the refrigerator out there. Ron Davis - Fawncrest Ln - posted 09/27/2011

9/15/2011 about 4pm. As a relatively new resident of Kenmure I keep hearing about "the bears". I finally got to see them in my back yard. We were on the upper deck and Mama and 2 cubs came walking across the back yard and into the woods and down hill. Suzanne Moe, 131 Ridge Lane

9/7/2011 -My wife and I were sitting on our front porch September 6th around 3pm enjoying the fall weather when we saw a single turkey emerge from the woods on the side of our house. It was soon followed by 25 additional birds. They all stood around our driveway looking at us on the porch. I got up and went inside to get our camera and a plastic container of sunflower seeds that we use to feed the white squirrels. I shook the container to make a sound of bouncing bird seed and they all raced toward me like a herd of wild critters (like they are). I started tossing out the seed and they gobbled it up as soon as it hit the ground. We went through four 1qt plastic containers of black oil sunflower seeds! Here are a few photos we took of “our guests”. They stayed until the food ran out, like many of our other guests. We noted that this is not the first time a flock of turkeys passed our way. For the last three years turkeys have stopped by at this time of the year (September to December). Paul & Penny Boudreaux 312 Silent Rise Lane

8/30/2011 3:30pm Two cubs wondered into our back yard, went down the hill and disappeared into the woods. Janel 131 Berry Creek Dr.

Monday 8/15/2011. 7:19 am. Mama bear and 3 cubs were investigating something in the ground in my backyard. All four bears started digging. All of a sudden mama bear and 2 of the cubs started running like mad to get away from the yellow jackets that were flying out of the hole. The 3rd cub persisted and kept on digging feverishly for another minute or two. I hope he got his belly full of larvae for his effort. It was quite entertaining watching them. Submitted by Vivian Adams, aka The Dragonlady. Scenic Drive

At about 1:15 on Aug. 11 a momma bear and three cubs crossed our back yard headed for the Prices house on Winding Meadows.Al and Judy Bacon 701 Kenmure Dr.

On 8-5 at 6:40 am a mother bear and two cubs walked around our home at 41 Edgehurst Ct. and then down to the stream on our property. They proceeded a short distance onto Pinnacle Peak Lane road. Submitted by Dave Powell

Please add to the critter report. Bear and two cubs seen in our backyard at 101 Pinnacle Peak Lane on 8/3/2011 at 2:30 pm.Carol

Saturday 7/23/2011, 6:30 pm: Mama bear leading 2 playful cubs across my backyard westward into Sandburg Forest. Glad that I wasn't outside watering. The 2nd cub was a laggard.Submitted by Vivian Adams, aka The Dragon Lady, Scenic Drive

This morning, July 14, 2011, at 10: 30 AM, a mother bear and 3 cubs walked through our back yard at 219 Maple Hill Drive, crossed the road and walked up the Sanson's driveway probably on their way to the Sandburg property. They probably came to our yard through the Mackinnon's but I'm not sure. Wes Jensen

Wednesday June 15th about 4 p.m. A mother black bear and two cubs crossing Tarnhill between Berry Creek and Farwood Ct. Beth Stiers 115 Chancery Ct

Sunday, May 29 7:20p At the corner of Tarnhill and Berry Creek a mother bear and two young cubs crossing the road. Alan & Terry Van Ostenbridge

4/10/20111--About 3:00pm Sunday afternoon I saw a bear with three cubs wandering in our neighbor's backyard. Susan and I walked to the top of our driveway and down the street a bit. The mother wandered into the street, took one look at us and scampered towards Carl Sandburg. The cubs followed her. Dave and Susan Allen 104 Scenic Drive

4/8/2011--Well we saw our first bear close-up in our driveway at 510 Overlook Drive at about 7 PM tonight. He was having a great time after overturning the garage can and rambling about our property. Our ever vigilant Bearded Collies sent out the signal that all was not quiet on our property. We have been in Kenmure since September of last year and so far have seen wild turkeys, raccoons, too many squirrels to count, rabbits, and a multitude of birds. Mitch and Linda Randall

4/7/2011--Tonight just before 8:00 PM a mother bear and three cubs came wandering up the steps to our small deck. They sniffed around and then Mother went down to the back yard, leaving the cubs on the deck. Soon she came up for them. They all sniffed ornaments in our back yard, and finding nothing they wanted wandered off along the side yard headed north to Scenic Dr. Entire time of their visit was about 5 minutes. Really cute cubs. Virgil and Margaret Wagner

4/5/2011--Yesterday afternoon, a very large black bear with three very small cubs wandered through our woods and laid down behind a tree. About a half hour latter they got up and wandered through our backdoor neighbors, Stan and Mary Ann Patrie's, back yard. Steve Walden 302 N Windsong Ln