---
title: "Video: Determined Black Bear Raids Raven’s Nest"
description: "Black bears are opportunistic foragers, and this one is a particularly determined example of the species."
date: "2015-05-28"
modified: "2015-05-28"
authors:
  - name: "The Editors"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/the-editors/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/out-there/video-determined-black-bear-raids-ravens-nest/"
categories:
  - "Bear Hunting"
  - "Black Bear Hunting"
  - "Hunting"
  - "Predator Hunting"
---

# Video: Determined Black Bear Raids Raven’s Nest

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/JOZJ7FALQOPKME2CFZA36VMS6Y.png>)

Black bears are [opportunistic foragers](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/category/black-bear-hunting/>), and this one is a particularly determined example of the species.

Linda Powell, Director of Media Relations for Mossberg, was on a woodland bison hunt in northern Alberta this spring when she spotted this bear climbing a transmission tower to sack a raven's nest for eggs. As you can tell, the two birds aren’t happy about it, but there’s not much they can do to deter the bruin.

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