‘Today’s Al Roker Gets Scary Weekend Home Visitor
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- Al Roker shared a humorous Instagram video of a bear raiding his yard chook feeder.
- The video sparked a wave of amused and relatable feedback from followers who had comparable experiences.
- Craig Melvin and Roker beforehand obtained right into a hilarious dialog in regards to the latter’s bird-watching passion on Today.
Al Roker obtained a shock go to from a scary — but cute — customer over the weekend.
The Today weatherman took to instagram on Monday, March 30, to share a humorous video he captured along with his dwelling chook feeder over the weekend. Rather than obtain a go to from some small birds, a bear entered Roker’s yard to snack on the chook seed.
“This weekend. Forget about the Final Four. It’s Bear 1, @birdfy_by_netvue Zero,” Roker captioned the clip, which he set to the track “The Bare Necessities” from The Jungle Book. “Baloo took my feeder down. I mean, like, downtown! Guess I’ll be ordering a new one, but gonna wait a bit til Yogi moves on.”
In the video, the bear popped up from beneath the chook feeder and began licking chook seed off the plate earlier than by accident knocking it down. One of the bear’s legs obtained caught whereas climbing over the fence to complete the snack. The bear finally broke free and ate what chook seed was left earlier than happening its means.
“Amazing footage!” one particular person wrote within the put up’s feedback. Sharing their comparable expertise, one other said, “A bear pulled mine down. He bent the metal pole like it was a straw.” Someone else joked, “I Think That Yogi Heard About The Good Eats At Uncle Al’s…Hope Damage Was Minimal. 🙏🏼💜.”
A unique particular person posted, “The jump scare I got when that was not a squirrel!” A separate person quipped, “Hibernation over! Yogi was hungry!” One commenter remarked, “Wow! The claws are crazy.”
Another chook feeder person wrote, “We had this same thing happen to us 2 yrs ago. Ours was mounted 7-8 ft up on a post off the side of our house. Needless to say the feeder didn’t get remounted.”
Roker has beforehand opened up about his bird-watching passion on Today. “You’ve become an amateur birder,” Craig Melvin stated to Roker on the third hour of Today‘s February 25 episode whereas discussing a report about how bird-watching can enhance consideration and notion.
“I got this [feeder]it’s called Birdfy,” Roker responded. “I’ve been watching these birds, and with AI, they kind of name the bird, and I’ve come to recognize them.” Roker famous that he is seen 10 to 12 several types of birds go to his dwelling.
Melvin went on to joke, “You know what I caught him doing one day? He’s got the app open on his phone. He’s looking at bird lands for food. Do you know what this psycho does?” [He screamed,] ‘BAAA! BAAA! BAAA!’ “He scares the birds away!”
In protection, Roker replied, “Sometimes, they’re being a little too greedy. It’s like, give some of the others a chance! Like, this tufted titmouse wouldn’t let anyone else in!”
The dialogue prompted laughter from Roker, Melvin, and Dylan Dreyer. “Who taunts birds? By the way, from a hundred couple miles away,” Melvin jokingly said. Roker responded, “Hey, everybody’s got to have a hobby!”
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