We knew a bear was in the neighborhood, because last week one took down our bird feeder and also our hummingbird feeder. Since then I only put out the bird feeder during the day when I could watch, and today the bear returned. I scared him away before he reached the bird seed and was able to photograph him crossing the yard on his way to where the hummingbird feeder had been.
Five days later another bear, this time a larger one showed up to eat some bird seed that I had scattered on the ground. This second bear was much more afraid of me, running off when I was on the opposite side of the house taking pictures.