Post your bears! (Is there a thread?)

Scott_online wrote in post #18680316

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29Wc​sQa 2018-04-01 04-17-51 by Scott Grubb, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29RW​vgs 2018-07-05 20-35-47 by Scott Grubb, on Flickr

First-class shots of the polar bears, Scott. I especially like the mother with her two cubs feeding on a kill.

Scott_online wrote in post #18680316

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29Wc​sQa 2018-04-01 04-17-51 by Scott Grubb, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29RW​vgs 2018-07-05 20-35-47 by Scott Grubb, on Flickr

I love both of these images

Alaska Brown Bear

Bill_NY wrote in post #18685032
Alaska Brown Bear

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Bill, that is a magnificent shot...wonderful composition, detail, and color.

Anan Bear Observatory outside Wrangell, Alaska

Howdy all!
Fortress of the Bear sanctuary, Sitka, Alaska.

etnad2 wrote in post #18692839
Howdy all!
Fortress of the Bear sanctuary, Sitka, Alaska.

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Oh how I love this photo of the bear waving "Howdy"!!! So kool!!!!!!!!!!!!!

avondale87 wrote in post #18674206
That's interesting, and nice photo. Do they hide in the trees? I'd hate to be out strolling and encounter one discretely munching away above me.

Here in the southern Appalachians they hide, nap, sleep, den, mate in the trees. I'm sure over many years of hiking/backpacking I've walked under many and never knew it. In the big trees that bifurcate there is often decay at the junction.....many black bears will climb up 20-40 feet to the bifurcation and crawl down the hole with their cub(s) and over winter. We find black bears in the Smokies by listening for the cracking of the hickory nuts

Scott_online wrote in post #18666168

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/26xr​DoY 2018-07-05 07-43-19 by Scott Grubb, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29id​6Rr 2018-07-02 12-23-11 by Scott Grubb, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29id​6Na 2018-07-05 08-14-26 by Scott Grubb, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/26xr​D3Y 2018-07-05 20-15-44 by Scott Grubb, on Flickr

The first and last image are the kind that we dream about. Nicely done.

Spirit Bear on North Coast of BC

Chehalis wrote in post #18714488
Spirit Bear on North Coast of BC

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Stunning!!!

Very cool. I'd like to see the spirit bears some day.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18693901
Here in the southern Appalachians they hide, nap, sleep, den, mate in the trees. I'm sure over many years of hiking/backpacking I've walked under many and never knew it. In the big trees that bifurcate there is often decay at the junction.....many black bears will climb up 20-40 feet to the bifurcation and crawl down the hole with their cub(s) and over winter. We find black bears in the Smokies by listening for the cracking of the hickory nuts

Thanks MM. I missed your reply.
Much appreciated.
Keep the photos coming.
Lovely to see animals not in our back yard.

Chehalis wrote in post #18714488
Spirit Bear on North Coast of BC

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Primo shots!!

Brown Bear shaking it off, Katmai NP, Alaska.