The sun goes down, the grizzlies walk by.

Depending on the time of year, seeing bears in his yard in Malakwa can be a regular, if not daily, experience for Peter Rowbottom.

Because the grizzlies now often walk through after dark, Rowbottom has set up three night cameras.

He moves them around to try to get different views of the bears.

The cameras have captured images of several grizzlies as well as a coyote and raccoons.

A few years ago, RowbottomB次元官网网址檚 property seemed to be something of a thoroughfare for grizzlies on their way to a food supply.

B次元官网网址淟ast year they were in our yard every day for two months straight, coming earlier when it was still light. Many times I was still working outside when the mother and three cubs arrived,B次元官网网址� he wrote in an email.

B次元官网网址淲hen (the sow) and the cubs stopped coming to our yard, I asked around and discovered from a fellow who worked on the railroad that they had been hit and killed by a train.

B次元官网网址淚 walked the tracks until I found her body and only one leg of one of the cubs.B次元官网网址�

Rowbottom said he and his family are very cautious regarding the bears and are aware they can have a chance encounter with them at any time.

Another sow and her two cubs started coming through last year.

B次元官网网址淪he did not even like us looking out the window at her and would growl at us if we did.

B次元官网网址淥ne time I went out the door without having a good enough look around and she was too close and growled and chased me back inside.

B次元官网网址淲e were glad when they all went into hibernation last year.B次元官网网址�

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This year the grizzlies have been coming through after dark. Except for one day.

B次元官网网址淢y daughter and I were returning from getting our mail before the sun had set,B次元官网网址� Rowbottom recounted.

B次元官网网址淏efore we made it home, a mother and her three cubs stepped out on the road from behind some trees about 40 feet in front of us.

B次元官网网址淚 sent my daughter to a close neighbourB次元官网网址檚 house while I stayed to see what the mother might do. She reared up on her back legs and looked at me and then thankfully ran with the cubs into the nearby corn field which was their destination.

B次元官网网址淚 do carry bear spray but do not want to see if it really works.B次元官网网址�

He said he has identified 12 different grizzlies this year.

B次元官网网址淲e are careful about going outside after dark because we can see from the time on the trail cams that they are in our yard at different times all night.B次元官网网址�

Rowbottom issued a warning about the dangers of trying to be near bears or see them, adding his yard will soon be safer.

B次元官网网址淭hey will be going into hibernation fairly soon depending on the weather so then things will return to normal around here for another winter,B次元官网网址� he said.