too chose to home. they come into our turf or we go into their turf. sometimes these bears get too close. they re showing up in backyards. they re looking to more than a picnic basket. here s neil karlinsky. reporter: what do a new jersey pool, a seattle-area home, and the new mexico governor s mansion all have in common? he s up a tree! reporter: bear trouble. big bear trouble. it s a black bear. i cannot believe it. it s in our yard. reporter: wildlife officials are already calling it the summer of the bear. the reason that we re seeing more bears coming down into these areas is because of the hot, dry weather. and the lack of natural forage that they would depend on. reporter: in pennsylvanan, another bear in a backyard pool. this time playing with a ball. outside seattle, cameras captured a standoff between police and a bear in a driveway, just blocks from an elemenenry school. we re talking about an adult bear here, jumping all sizes of fences with ease, growling