For the Bears

MY FAVORITE REDHEAD
BLACK BEAR READY TO POUNCE ON A SALMON
A QUIET MOMENT BY A GLACIAL LAGOON
BLACK BEAR 'MEDITATING'
DROWSY GRIZZLY
GRIZZLY YEARLING WITH TARGET SALMON IN SIGHT
GRIZZLY CUB VIEWING THE 'SUSHI BAR' DISPLAY
JUST MISSED CATCHING THAT GULL!
GRIZZLY CUB SHOWING ITS CATCH OF THE DAY
HIGH FIVE! QUITE A CATCH FOR A SPRING CUB.
PRECOCIOUS GRIZZLY CUB WITH HIS 'CATCH OF THE DAY' CHUM SALMON - LOOK, MA! NO HANDS!!!
BEAR LESSONS - GROWLING PRACTICE
BEAR LESSONS - HOW TO PROWL
GRIZZLY SPRING CUB WITH HIS 'CATCH OF THE DAY' CHUM SALMON
ALMOST GOT IT
BEAR LESSONS - 'SALMON CATCHING' SECRETS
THAT ONE GOT AWAY
GLIMPSE OF A LARGE, MATURE GRIZZLY ACROSS A RIVER
GRIZZLY BOAR WITH A BROKEN LOWER JAW (the result of a fight over mating rights)
A GRIZZLY SOW WITH THE PROMINENT GRIZZLY 'HUMP'.
GRIZZLY SPRING CUB ENJOYING A BREAK FROM FISHING CHORES
GRIZZLY CUB PLAYING, STRETCHING AND SCRATCHING
LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER! GRIZZLY SOW AND HER SPRING CUB
BEAR LESSONS - LISTEN TO YOUR MAMA
GRIZZLY SOW TUSSLING WITH HER CUB. A SPRING CUB HAS A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT BEING A 'BEAR'!!
GRIZZLY SOW AND HER SPRING CUB INTERACTING, ALL PART OF A CUB LEARNING HOW TO 'BE A BEAR'
GRIZZLY SOW AND HER SPRING CUB; MORE LESSONS FOR THE CUB ON 'BEING A BEAR'
GRIZZLY SOW TEACHING HER SPRING CUB THE FINER POINTS OF 'BEING A BEAR'
GRIZZLY SOW AND HER SPRING CUB SHARING A CREEKSIDE PICNIC OF SALMON
GRASSES, A GOOD ALTERNATIVE FOOD FOR A GRIZZLY CUB WHEN THE SALMON RUN IS UNUSUALLY LOW
THIS BLACK BEAR CUB WAS FEEDING AT A TOWN DUMP; IT PROBABLY WILL NOT LIVE TO ADULTHOOD
SOME SNAPS OF OUR 'BEACH BEARS'. WHAT A JOY IT WAS TO WATCH THE ANTICS OF THESE GRIZZLY SIBLINGS FOR ALMOST AN HOUR AS THEY ROMPED IN THE SAND ON THE SHORE OF THE SALMON RIVER.
SHHH! I THOUGHT I HEARD A SALMON JUMP . . .
WRESTLING MATCH
PUT UP YOUR DUKES!
A LITTLE CHASE . . .
MORE WRESTLING . . .
HOW TO SCRATCH YOUR BACK WHEN THERE ARE NO TREE TRUNKS AROUND . . .
THERE MIGHT BE CLAMS HERE . . .
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE GRIZZLY, IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF THAT MAGNIFICENT OLD SNAG!
WE WERE THRILLED FINALLY TO FIND AND PHOTOGRAPH THESE ELUSIVE BEARS - A GOLDEN-BACKED SOW AND HER APPROXIMATELY THREE-YEAR-OLD OFFSPRING - AS THEY CLIMBED HIGH ON A SUB-ALPINE MOUNTAINSIDE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
A GRIZZLY SOW CLIMBING A RIDGE HIGH IN SUB-ALPINE MOUNTAINS. THIS BEAR AND HER CUBS ARE NOT ADAPTED TO THE PRESENCE OF HUMANS AS ARE THE BEARS THAT FREQUENT THE SPAWNING POOLS AND CREEKS AT THE BASE OF THESE MOUNTAINS.
THIS GOLDEN-BACKED GRIZZLY IS APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS OLD AND WAS CLIMBING THE RIDGE WITH IT'S MOTHER, THE SOW IN THE PREVIOUS IMAGE.
DOOMED BEARS. THIS BLACK BEAR SOW AND HER TWO SPRING CUBS FORAGING IN A SMALL TOWN DUMP, EVEN AS A FIRE SMOLDERS BENEATH THE TRASH. HOWEVER, IT ISN'T THE FIRE THAT WILL DESTROY THEM - THE POOR DIET AND ADAPTATION TO HUMANS WILL EVENTUALLY RESULT IN THEIR UNTIMELY DEATH . . .ONE WAY OR ANOTHER . . .
ARE YOU SMILING YET?! A SPRING GRIZZLY CUB ENJOYING A ROLL IN THE GRASS
A GRIZZLY SPRING CUB SNOOZING AFTER A LUNCH OF SALMON (SEE THE BONES AND GILLS STREWN ABOUT?)
A SPRING GRIZZLY CUB BEING A KID!
CHILDREN OF ANY SPECIES JUST MAKE YOU SMILE, DON'T THEY? A SPRING GRIZZLY CUB JUST ENJOYING LIFE . . .