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wookiee_borg t1_it2gwl9 wrote

For the area, I would say black bears, but they usually don’t get into the city proper. Quick google says they’ve been seen in Towson and Owings Mills in the last couple years, so theoretically they could wander into the city, but they certainly don’t live here. But you don’t need to go very far west or north from the city line to get a nonzero chance of seeing a bear.

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ScootyHoofdorp t1_it7274l wrote

I had no idea bears made it this far East. I thought you had to go out towards Frederick to find bears.

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wookiee_borg t1_it7870i wrote

Well, it isn’t really ‘normal’, I’m talking about one or two individuals per year, and it usually makes the news so they can remind people to stay away. They’re probably just expanding their territory to find food before hibernation or something. But then again I have no idea what kind of territory bears usually have. There’s lots of quiet wooded places north and west of the city, it wouldn’t surprise me if some of those had a few year-round. Last year there was one in Kingsville, which is almost to 95 NE of the city.

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