Black Bear Season(aka salmon season)

[NorthernFocus]

Black bears love salmon just as much as their more popular, larger brown cousins. When boating this time of year we see a lot of them. Here are a few shots of opportunity over the past couple of weeks.

1) It's difficult to judge the size of black bears from a distance. One clue is the apparent size of their ears which tend to be in inverse proportion to the overall size of the bear. This is a little guy.

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2) Not huge but a little larger. Extreme high ISO shot.

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3) Where are those fish?

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4) This one spotted me.

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5) Coming down to the creek.

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6) Stand up guy.

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[Hooligans Imagery]

I love the stand up guy - is he a comic too?

 

[NorthernFocus]

I love the stand up guy - is he a comic too?

I don't think so. He seemed to be pretty serious.

 

[Clough91]

Those are awesome shots!!

 

[ButlerKid]

Great set of images, Dan! That first one looks comical with those big ears!

 

[ChrisSinSeattle]

Dan,
Good fun set and sequence
Chris S.

 

[Louis champan]

Great set Dan, and what a perfect setting to have found this guy in.

 

[bsinc1962]

Love it Dan.

We were in Juneau last week and didn't see a one. Lots of salmon though.

 

[MrFotoFool]

So, so nice.

 

[NorthernFocus]

Those are awesome shots!!

Glad you enjoyed them.

Great set of images, Dan! That first one looks comical with those big ears!

Thanks, Karen. Yes they look pretty funny when they look straight at you with those ears.

Dan,
Good fun set and sequence
Chris S.

Thanks, Chris.

Great set Dan, and what a perfect setting to have found this guy in.

Thanks, Louie. Yeah I love finding them on rocks and/or the yellow seaweed.

Love it Dan.

We were in Juneau last week and didn't see a one. Lots of salmon though.

Glad you liked the post, Bill. They've got their share of bears down that way. Surprised you didn't see any.

So, so nice.

Thanks for commenting.

 

[Irap]

Beautiful shots Dan