I got to fly into Neets Bay with my brother in law yesterday. Got tons of pictures of bears and some shots from the plane, some of the shots even turned out ok. The windows were very dirty so the plane shots are just OK. Shooting the black bears against the white rushing water in evening light was a challenge too. But I am happy with the results (for the most part, considering my ability level).
On the way there
This bear in particular was after the roe. Thats about all he ate after he caught the fish.
He even tried to keep the roe from escaping down stream as he ate it.
If you have never been fishing for salmon you have to understand how strong they are and too see these bears just grab them and hold onto them like nothing is truly amazing!
This guy had three or four fish he was eating on at once. Mostly he would just eat the brains. Not to be gross, but he would bite off the top of the fish heads and mostly leave the rest of the fish alone.
This bear used one of his front feet to help hold the fish still till he could control it.
This bear was just sitting and enjoying the moment with his catch. He was smaller and had a much nicer coat then the rest. He seemed a little intimidated by the old bigger bears.
Da plane, Da plane.... coming to take us back home.
CC welcome as always, shot with my 100-400 and my 24-105. My site has over 200 shots of bears from this short evening trip, so beware if you go to look, you might be tied up a while.... lol
Thanks for looking....
