Bear sighted near Como Park in Lancaster

[Wacka]

The news today said that a young bear probably kicked out of the den was spotted on the banks of Cayuga Creek  just downstream  of Como Lake Park. Recent years  have had sightings in Amherst/Clarence, Cheektowaga (near Aero Drive) and West Seneca. 

Quite a while ago the State Troopers  found a young bear dead  hit by a car, on the side of the 190 ear the Smith Street exit in Buffalo.

Edited June 25, 2023 by Wacka

[PromoTheRobot]

I get bears in my yard a few times a year. Of course we live adjacent to wilderness.

[Wacka]

Last night, the news said another bear was spotted just east of Chestnut Ridge Park.

[ExiledInIllinois]

8 days ago in Arizona... Strange because it was a black bear... Usually more scared of humans!

 

 

[Not at the table Karlos]

6 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

8 days ago in Arizona... Strange because it was a black bear... Usually more scared of humans!

 

 

Bear a little smaller than that tried to get into my cabin near Letchworth last week. Caught it on trail cam walking pretty far. 

[phypon]

You might see Carson Wentz in the area next...

[ExiledInIllinois]

6 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

Bear a little smaller than that tried to get into my cabin near Letchworth last week. Caught it on trail cam walking pretty far. 

My take is... IMO... Environment getting cleaner, they are having a harder time surviving and become habitualized towards human.  There used to be open dumps, etc... Where they could go, now everything is sealed and transferred far away. Sure they are gonna root through the trash or greasy grill on a deck. 

 

Not against a clean environment... But how about going back to the "Fly Paper" approach... You make your gabage locally, you dump it locally.

[ExiledInIllinois]

Link:

 

https://buffalonews.com/news/local/black-bear-spotted-near-como-lake-park-lancaster-police-say/article_a23018b2-128d-11ee-8d77-6be202eb4c4c.html

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

He was looking for someone's pic-a-nic basket.

[WhoTom]

You can keep him out of your yard by putting up a goalpost.

 

(Sorry - Chicago-area joke.)

 

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

 

[ExiledInIllinois]

 

[TBBills Fan]

the animals know we are weak and are looking to take over.  first the whales and orcas got the sub, now Bears are gonna take over our cities

[T&C]

On 6/24/2023 at 9:46 PM, Wacka said:

The news today said that a young bear probably kicked out of the den was spotted on the banks of Cayuga Creek  just downstream  of Como Lake Park. Recent years  have had sightings in Amherst/Clarence, Cheektowaga (near Aero Drive) and West Seneca. 

Quite a while ago the State Troopers  found a young bear dead  hit by a car, on the side of the 190 ear the Smith Street exit in Buffalo.

I grew up in that area... just a few blocks away across Broadway. Sounds like you are describing what we used to call "the flats", the area of the creek between Lake Ave. and the bridge on Broadway. Never saw a bear the entire time I lived in WNY, even in rural Wyoming County. 

 

One other thing... that isn't a lake at the park, its just a big pond... and the "lighthouse" is just a novelty structure.

[TBBills Fan]

5 minutes ago, T&C said:

I grew up in that area... just a few blocks away across Broadway. Sounds like you are describing what we used to call "the flats", the area of the creek between Lake Ave. and the bridge on Broadway. Never saw a bear the entire time I lived in WNY, even in rural Wyoming County. 

 

One other thing... that isn't a lake at the park, its just a big pond... and the "lighthouse" is just a novelty structure.

 

 

I grew up on Laverack

[Wacka]

Yes, they said it was spotted at the "flats"

[T&C]

13 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:

 

 

I grew up on Laverack

Cool... for me it was Holland close to Plum Bottom Creek. 

[BuffaloBud]

Grandparents lived on Lennox/Madison, near the middle school.

[ExiledInIllinois]

39 minutes ago, T&C said:

I grew up in that area... just a few blocks away across Broadway. Sounds like you are describing what we used to call "the flats", the area of the creek between Lake Ave. and the bridge on Broadway. Never saw a bear the entire time I lived in WNY, even in rural Wyoming County. 

 

One other thing... that isn't a lake at the park, its just a big pond... and the "lighthouse" is just a novelty structure.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57902/whats-difference-between-lake-and-pond

 

"Guess what? There is no official scientific difference between a lake and a pond. In fact, the only real criteria to categorize something as a lake or pond is that the area in question must be a standing or slow-moving body of water surrounded by land."

 

It's actually a small, very small lake since it's on the Cayuga Crick... 😏... Definitely an inlet and outlet.

 

Have at it.  A pond is standing water. 😆 

 

 

 

 

 

[T&C]

23 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57902/whats-difference-between-lake-and-pond

 

"Guess what? There is no official scientific difference between a lake and a pond. In fact, the only real criteria to categorize something as a lake or pond is that the area in question must be a standing or slow-moving body of water surrounded by land."

 

It's actually a small, very small lake since it's on the Cayuga Crick... 😏... Definitely an inlet and outlet.

 

Have at it.  A pond is standing water. 😆 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for your extensive research. Then it's neither... more like a bump in the road so to say. It's puny. I'll never call it a lake lol...

 

But, in Wyoming County we had a tiny creek that went into a pond that was maybe 30 yards across with an outlet... I used to ride a horse across it. No way was that a lake. 

 

Edited June 27, 2023 by T&C