The latest reported bear sighting in Stowe occurred on Tuesday morning around 9 a.m., when a mama black bear and her cub took a stroll around the home of Jim and Becky Tunick on Owls Head Lane, just off Covered Bridge Road. The couple had put a bird feeder about a half-hour earlier, but they quickly took it down when the bears arrived. The bears sniffed around for a bit and then returned to the woods, the Tunicks said. Photo courtesy of Jim Tunick.

Bear Watch

Top, photos by Caroline Armbruster.

Below, sighting off of Elmore Mountain Road. Photo by Suzi Vermeulen-Quick.