# @theoregonian on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc97ADcCgzJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70271166-theoregonian-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-07T01:35:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

Ryan Marks recorded this black bear climbing a wooden fence, walking its narrow top like a tightrope, then slowly sinking out of sight like a kid sliding under the dinner table after someone asks who ate the dessert.

Marks said the bear had just killed one of his chickens in his south Ashland backyard on Sept. 3. About a week earlier, a bear killed his dad’s chicken in the same area.

ODFW says a shortage of mountain berries is sending hungry bears deeper into Ashland neighborhoods, where garbage and chicken coops offer easy meals.

Click the link in our bio to read the full story and see more photos of black bears visiting Ashland.

Video courtesy of Ryan Marks

Reporting by Mark_W_Graves, The Oregonian/OregonLive

#bears #blackbears #ashland #oregon

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ashland, oregon, blackbears, bears

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