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Kelly Coslett snapped these photos of a large bear visiting her neighborhood in Mountain Top over the summer. Coslett said the bear was a frequent visitor to bird feeders in the area, and judging by the patch of mud on its back, the bruin also visited a swamp to cool off during the warm, summer days.

While the bear enjoyed the easy life during the summer, it’s likely calling it quits for the year and denning up for the winter. Still, it’s possible the bear may still be roaming around. Denning activity is dictated by available food sources, and not so much cold winter weather. When a bear has to expend more calories searching for food than it consumes, it will den up for the winter.

Capture anything interesting on your hand-held or trail camera? A nice buck, bear, coyote or any other wildlife? We’d love to see it. Each week, we’ll run photos from a reader’s trail camera on the Sunday Outdoors page. Email your photo, along with date and area it was taken (township is fine), and any other details to [email protected].

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By Tom Venesky

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