Black bears--according to NY State Dept Environmental Conservation:
1. Do not make eye contact----huh. It's instinctual. They have beady eyes.

2. Make yourself look bigger---hard to do in a porch chair

3. Back away slowly---ditto-hard to do in a porch chair.

4. Do not feed. Put lids on garbage cans. Do not hang out bird feeders.---But what do you do when bear takes the chicken off the hot grill?