1808_8383 Appetizer
Thanks to the generosity of one of my longtime flickr-pals, I was able to spend some time with Black Bears this summer. They were waiting for salmon, and keeping a close watch for other bears. This big boy had been squeezed out of the prime fishing spots by a dominant male, but he seemed content to graze on the grasses nearby. Bears are omnivores, and salad is one of their many options. Although fish would be the main course, we also saw them feeding on berries, rolling driftwood logs over to see what was underneath, nosing through the rockweed in the intertidal zone, and generally helping themselves to all available resources.
I used a 300mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter for this shot. It is cropped only minimally. Photographers were not on the menu that day.
Photographed along the coast of British Columbia (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2018 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
1808_8383 Appetizer
Thanks to the generosity of one of my longtime flickr-pals, I was able to spend some time with Black Bears this summer. They were waiting for salmon, and keeping a close watch for other bears. This big boy had been squeezed out of the prime fishing spots by a dominant male, but he seemed content to graze on the grasses nearby. Bears are omnivores, and salad is one of their many options. Although fish would be the main course, we also saw them feeding on berries, rolling driftwood logs over to see what was underneath, nosing through the rockweed in the intertidal zone, and generally helping themselves to all available resources.
I used a 300mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter for this shot. It is cropped only minimally. Photographers were not on the menu that day.
Photographed along the coast of British Columbia (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2018 James R. Page - all rights reserved.