Papa Bear on the Alaska Highway

We are back from our Alaska adventure earlier than we expected. We had some problems with the trailer so we cut the trip short. Alaska was fabulous! We saw so much wildlife and beautiful scenery. I kept my camera very close at hand and did the bulk of my shooting “from the passenger seat” as usual.

 

I have tons of pictures to share with you all, starting with the bears we encountered along the Alaska Highway (ALCAN). They were dangerously close to the road. Some were just outside my window as I was shooting.

 

This first of the series was a pair of Grizzly Bears. We saw them just off the pavement of the road pacing and staring at each other. We thought it was some kind of mating ritual. The male kept his head down but his eyes focused on the female. There I sat in the passenger seat with my 300mm lens sticking out the open window at them. After observing for several minutes, we decided we better leave them alone. As we drove away we saw a grizzly cub running towards them. From what we have learned about bears, the male will kill a cub so the female will be back in heat for mating. We assume this female was protecting her cub from this promiscuous male.

 

The bears were very close to the road and I was using 28-300mm lens. Images are not cropped and I was not zoomed in to max 300mm...that’s how close they were to me. We were very glad to be inside the truck while observing them!

 

 

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