Yesterday evening this beautiful (but not too big) bear was right next to our yard, right outside our fence. I had the 150mm macro on the camera, and decided to figure out if the macro was good for stuff other than closeups (like I didn't know, it's just that I was worried the bear would get away before I could snap a few shots).

Anyway ... here's the bear. We are very careful to not leave anything outdoors that could attract bears (or racoons, or coyotes), but this bear found someone's trash, and dragged it into the place right next to our yard. It was rooting around in it, and eating. It is such a pity that people aren't more careful with their trash! This is no good for that poor bear.

But I got some shots of it. Here the bear is looking right over the fence:





After a while, a neighbour's dog came along, and chased the bear away. I don't have a dog at this time.