Guess What I'm Thinking
As I prepared for my day today, my mind thought reached a realization - it's be a full 10 months since I've photographed a bear! No wonder I've been missing them.
On a trip to the Canadian Rockies to meet up with Jeff Clow's DCPT in Banff, Tom & I went out early to explore other photo opportunities surrounding that area. One of the areas that we found particularly fun for it's uniqueness, was the town of Golden in British Columbia, Canada. There was so much to do there - hiking, mountain biking, paragliding - to name a few. There was also quite a bit of wildlife there, including BEAR! So you know that I was quite the happy camper. Actually even the camping was wonderful, as we slept peacefully in our yurt nearby.
So, one evening when we drove around the town, on the way out, I spotted this black bear along the roadside (which is unusual because normally wildlife is spotted by my personal "wildlife spotter extraordinaire" husband Tom. The black bear was seemingly dining on what appeared to be some grain or oats that got spilled in the gravel along the roadside pull-out. So we pulled over and from the car, I happily snapped away images. Of course, when a car is pulled over with a long lens pointed out the window, many more cars are to follow. Now when I'm the additional car, it's never a problem :-) , but when you have wildlife to yourself, trying to be respectable to their space and signs that they're exhibiting with your presence, when a big rig shows up and activates it's air brakes and positions itself between you and the wildlife, that's an issue... enough said, I won't dwell on it. Back to the story ...
So every time we were either coming or going from the area, must times we spotted a black bear there. Not sure how many there were, but there was more than one based upon size, color, etc. So it became on ritual to stop in on the area and watch or wait for the bears to show up.
In this image, the bigger of the bears had obviously fed enough and was taking a break in the action. As it simply laid down and rested, it would look up at me while I was photographing it. The look in its eyes was such an intriguing look and I couldn't help but wonder what it was thinking. What do you think?
Well, I just had to get my bear fix for the day. My time to visit with the bears and other wildlife (other than birds) are WAY overdue. In a few weeks I'll begin my 30-day countdown to Alaska and for me, it can't come soon enough!
Thanks for stopping by to visit and especially appreciate all of your comments and thoughts. Have a busy day today, so I'll be catching up with your streams as time allows this weekend. Have a great one!
Guess What I'm Thinking
As I prepared for my day today, my mind thought reached a realization - it's be a full 10 months since I've photographed a bear! No wonder I've been missing them.
On a trip to the Canadian Rockies to meet up with Jeff Clow's DCPT in Banff, Tom & I went out early to explore other photo opportunities surrounding that area. One of the areas that we found particularly fun for it's uniqueness, was the town of Golden in British Columbia, Canada. There was so much to do there - hiking, mountain biking, paragliding - to name a few. There was also quite a bit of wildlife there, including BEAR! So you know that I was quite the happy camper. Actually even the camping was wonderful, as we slept peacefully in our yurt nearby.
So, one evening when we drove around the town, on the way out, I spotted this black bear along the roadside (which is unusual because normally wildlife is spotted by my personal "wildlife spotter extraordinaire" husband Tom. The black bear was seemingly dining on what appeared to be some grain or oats that got spilled in the gravel along the roadside pull-out. So we pulled over and from the car, I happily snapped away images. Of course, when a car is pulled over with a long lens pointed out the window, many more cars are to follow. Now when I'm the additional car, it's never a problem :-) , but when you have wildlife to yourself, trying to be respectable to their space and signs that they're exhibiting with your presence, when a big rig shows up and activates it's air brakes and positions itself between you and the wildlife, that's an issue... enough said, I won't dwell on it. Back to the story ...
So every time we were either coming or going from the area, must times we spotted a black bear there. Not sure how many there were, but there was more than one based upon size, color, etc. So it became on ritual to stop in on the area and watch or wait for the bears to show up.
In this image, the bigger of the bears had obviously fed enough and was taking a break in the action. As it simply laid down and rested, it would look up at me while I was photographing it. The look in its eyes was such an intriguing look and I couldn't help but wonder what it was thinking. What do you think?
Well, I just had to get my bear fix for the day. My time to visit with the bears and other wildlife (other than birds) are WAY overdue. In a few weeks I'll begin my 30-day countdown to Alaska and for me, it can't come soon enough!
Thanks for stopping by to visit and especially appreciate all of your comments and thoughts. Have a busy day today, so I'll be catching up with your streams as time allows this weekend. Have a great one!