ruidoso, new mexico. shirley shank and her family are enjoying a quiet summer evening on the deck of their home high in the sierra blanca mountains. >> we enjoy sitting on the deck and watching the sun go down and waiting for wildlife to come up in the yard. >> the city's human residents are used to sharing space with the area's wild natives. >> we have every kind of wildlife that's in this area here. bears, turkeys, elk, deer, raccoons, just about anything. >> black bears are frequent visitors. attracted by food in the dumpsters along the road. >> the dumpster has handles on the outside and so they're a perfect little ladder for them to get up the side. >> which can make taking out the trash a risky endeavor. >> if you startle them or back them in a corner or if you mess with their young, then you can have a problem. >> one mother bear is well known in the neighborhood. >> her name is fertile myrtle. she has repeatedly had triplets. we call them the three stooges, the babies, because they're always in tr