{"id":830171,"date":"2026-08-29T21:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T21:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/830171\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T21:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T21:30:15","slug":"watch-black-bear-grabs-late-night-snack-in-paxton-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/830171\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Black bear grabs late-night snack in Paxton backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watch: Black bear grabs late-night snack in Paxton backyard<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788039015_831_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Tim Nazzaro\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>PAXTON, Mass. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A black bear was caught on camera getting a late-night snack in Paxton, Massachusetts, on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Viewer video sent to NewsCenter 5 by Pam Lovejoy shows the bear chowing down on a bird feeder.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Lovejoy said she is now off to buy a replacement pole and bird feeder.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">&#8220;Can&#8217;t blame the bear; we all just need a snack sometimes!&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">MassWildlife is reminding residents that the best way to avoid conflicts with black bears is to make food harder for them to find in your neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Black bears spend more time in residential areas where food is easily accessible.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Here are some tips to keep bears away from your home:<\/p>\n<p>Take down bird feeders.Secure garbage, compost, and other attractants.Protect your chickens, goats, and other livestock.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Residents are also encouraged to keep their dogs leashed whenever they&#8217;re outside, especially if there is a bear nearby.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">For more information about preventing conflicts with black bears,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/prevent-conflicts-with-black-bears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watch: Black bear grabs late-night snack in Paxton backyard PAXTON, Mass. \u2014 A black bear was caught on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[54020,16638,21087,27092,69540,1127,2681,299,68300,351617,24339,2001,149783,27297,236483,347469,351619,167835,351618,14857,119317,203996,79,351620,28123,201],"class_list":["post-830171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-bird-feeder","tag-black-bear","tag-camera","tag-chicken","tag-compost","tag-conflict","tag-dogs","tag-food","tag-garbage","tag-late-night-snack","tag-livestock","tag-massachusetts","tag-masswildlife","tag-more-time","tag-newscenter-5","tag-other-attractant","tag-pam-lovejoy","tag-paxton","tag-paxton-backyard","tag-resident","tag-residential-area","tag-residential-areas","tag-science","tag-secure-garbage","tag-wcvb","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}