Yes fjed you are right they are nonagressive black bear. I think had this one seen me first they would have run. Someone on our street had actually seen the Mother and this young one together raiding their trash earlier in the week. There was a hard frost this spring that killed a lot of the wild berries here. I think that is why they came down off of the mtn because they did not get enough to eat this past summer for their hibernation.
I often have bears wander into my yard here in the north Georgia mtns. They all seem nonaggressive. Two years ago I had an orphaned bear cub that lived in my tall wild cherry for about 2 weeks. I would go out and talk to him. After he finished eating all the wild cherries he moved on. The following summer he returned. He was no longer little. He broke several branches reaching for the cherries and soon left for good.
No first one I have seen in the area. Luckily I saw him before he saw me. I was just a few feet from my basement door and was able to get inside quickly. I live in Maryland not too far from the Appalachian Trail.
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