AMHERST, MASS. (WHDH) - Video from a 7NEWS viewer on Wednesday showed a bear eating from a bird feeder in Amherst.
The video shows the bear eating from the feeder for well over a minute before crawling through a gap in a fence and leaving the area.
MassWildlife on its website estimates the state’s black bear population to be close to 4,500.
Bears tend to make between mid-June and mid-July, according to MassWildlife, before heading to their dens between mid-November and early December.
The state provides a list of tips to avoid negative interactions between humans and bears. Among tips, officials advise residents to remove bird feeders at the first sign of bear activity.
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