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Montgomery County, MD (north of Washington DC) has recently seen all manner of animals that formerly were seen only in areas from Northern Virginia to the Shenandoah range. Urban sprawl and the availability of easy eats (i.e. trashcans, mostly) has driven them our way. Hawks and vultures are common in my area now, we're now seeing occasional coyotes and bald eagles (which are soooo cool to see on the wing), and bears have been sighted in our area.
We're pretty sure a young bear climbed a tree in our backyard to get the high seedpods, then had a devil of a time getting back down, waking us up in the middle of the night with its bleating and scratching its way down the tree. My wife thought a bear was fighting a buzzard, and (quite naturally) went right out to see... forcing me to go out with her, so one of us could at least provide a material witness to the mauling of the other... but we missed getting a clear view of it.
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