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George alive and well living in harmony with the local bears. He has an offspring Georgina who is amazingly like him, just a goofy and lovable (from a distance) as George.
...I'll blink my eyes, and you'll be gone, Mr Bear...plleeeeasse!
Cute little dress by Frenchpants
Colored socks...unkown
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It seems all that a bear needs is one good tree to shimmy up if he feels the need. I think this is a youngish black bear who I found up in a tree this morning midway down the hill from my house, probably 20 feet up. I had the advantage of being uphill and not too far away, but please know that I was in a completely safe position with a little barn a few feet away. I would never stick around and try to photograph a bear without complete access to safety!
If anyone has feelings about the age, I am very interested to know what they think. I did see a small cub and mother back in the beginning of June. This bear does not seem to have any adult around him.
I hope all are well and enjoying the summer's end. Thank you for any comments and taking the time to stop by!
Ray was very obliging when Mr Bear suggested an afternoon ride on the sofa
For Smile on Saturday Group's Bonnie Bear theme
An Alaskan brown bear at a wildlife sanctuary, in Alaska funnily enough. Textured background added in post
A female Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) and her two young cubs wander the shores looking for some food on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. This family group was observed during our trip to Glendale Cove off Knight Inlet on a scheduled Grizzly Bear Tour with Tide Rip Grizzly Tours out of Telegraph Cove on the north end of Vancouver Island.
4 June, 2013.
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A shot from inside the car. He was so busy eating dandelions that he wasn't too concerned about anyone. Gorgeous bear.
This polar bear lives at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, a zoo dedicated to conservation. There are 3 bears at the zoo and a great viewing area to watch them eat, play and swim. This bear was busy eating whilst the other two were play fighting in the background.
Just a few seconds of indirect light painting on this rock there in the Dolly Sods there at post sunset.
Der Bear Lake ist ein ganz ungewöhnlicher See an der Grenze zwischen Idaho und Utah im Westen der Vereinigten Staaten. Der See wurde wegen seiner einzigartigen türkis-blauen Farbe als "Karibik der Rockies" bezeichnet. Die im See schwebenden Kalkteilchen verleihen ihm bei besonderer Lichteinstrahlung seine außergewöhnliche Farbe. Wir hatten das Glück den See bei aufziehendem Gewitter zu sehen. Zuerst war er dunkelblaugrau und verwandelte sich dann, als die dunklen Wolken vorbei gezogen waren, unter dem gleißenden Sonnenlicht in eine Farbschönheit.
Bear Lake is an extraordinary lake on the Idaho-Utah border in the western United States. The lake is known as the "Caribbean of the Rockies" because of its unique turquoise-blue color. The limestone particles floating in the lake give it its extraordinary color when exposed to special light. We were lucky enough to see the lake when a thunderstorm was approaching. At first it was dark blue-gray and then, when the dark clouds had passed, it turned into a color beauty under the glaring sunlight.
In case you missed my opening post, I'm just back from a long van trip and am reliving the trip by posting a few images from each chronological location. I started in Durango, Co and my first stop was Dugway, Utah, located south of Salt Lake City. After one night there, I headed to Bear Lake Migratory Bird Refuge, located north of Salt Lake City. I found a nice RV park near the park and spent one night there. Here's an image of sunrise at the Refuge. There were a lot (thousands) of cliff Swallows, lots of Clark and Eared Grebes, Avocets, Stilts, and a variety of ducks among other species. The Refuge is a long loop road that surrounds a canal and wetlands. After posting a couple of more images from here I'll be off to Grand Tetons and Yellowstone, just passing through on my way to Palouse. (I had a "Plan A" itinerary that was completely flexible until later in the month, when I was meeting my friend Sid from Seattle to head to the San Juan Islands via ferry. What I'm trying to say is that every day until meeting up with Sid I would decide where to head the night before the next day. As it turned out, I had never seen Palouse so that destination won out over spending more time in the Tetons and Yellowstone, where I had been many times.) Birds to follow!
A Greater snowdrop 'Polar Bear' (Galanthus elwesii ‘Polar Bear’) is a late flowering variety of snowdrops with very attractive outward-facing, rather than nodding, flowers when fully opened. Taken in the garden. Bath, England, UK.
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My Bear Brooch with Swarovski Crystals
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Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) wandering the shores of the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Reserve in search of a mate. The reserve is on the end of an inlet along the maritime coast north of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada.
29 May, 2015.
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26 year old female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) "Chinook", the oldest of three polar bears that live at the San Diego Zoo's Polar Bear Plunge. Chinook also came to San Diego in May 1996 as a one year old orphan. Conservation status: Vulnerable
A female Grizzly Bear and her two cubs (Ursus arctos horribilis) roaming the low tidal shores of Knights Inlet east of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
These bears were observed during a boat tour for Grizzly Bear viewing in Glendale Cove by Tide Rip Grizzly Tours based in Telegraph Cove.
4 June, 2013.
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2 year old, 400 pound male grizzly, Max is the name!
There are about 55,000 wild grizzly bears located throughout North America, 30,000 of which are found in Alaska. Only around 1,500 grizzlies remain in the lower 48 United States. Of these, around 1,000 are found in the Northern Continental Divide in northwestern Montana. About 600 more live in Wyoming, in the Yellowstone-Teton area. There are an estimated 70–100 grizzly bears living in northern and eastern Idaho. Its original range included much of the Great Plains and the southwestern states, but it has been extirpated in most of those areas. Combining Canada and the United States, grizzly bears inhabit approximately half the area of their historical range.
Although the once-abundant California grizzly bear appears prominently on the state flag of California and was the symbol of the Bear Flag Republic before California's admission to the Union in 1850, the subspecies or population is currently extinct. The last known grizzlies in California were killed in the Sierra foothills east of Fresno in the early 1920s.
The killing of the last grizzly bear in Arizona in 1936 at Escudilla Mountain is included in Aldo Leopold's Sand County Almanac.
In September 2007, a hunter produced evidence of one bear in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness ecosystem, by killing a male grizzly bear there. In the North Cascades ecosystem of northern Washington, grizzly bear populations are estimated to be fewer than 20 bears. One sighting of a grizzly bear in 2010 has been recorded. There has been no confirmed sighting of a grizzly in Colorado since 1979.
Other provinces and the United States may use a combination of methods for population estimates. Therefore, it is difficult to say precisely what methods were used to produce total population estimates for Canada and North America, as they were likely developed from a variety of studies. The grizzly bear currently has legal protection in Mexico, European countries, some areas of Canada, and in all of the United States. However, it is expected that repopulating its former range will be a slow process, due to various reasons, including the bear's slow reproductive habits and the effects of reintroducing such a large animal to areas prized for agriculture and livestock. Competition with other predators and predation on cubs are other possible limiting factors for grizzly bear recovery, though grizzly bears also benefit from scavenged carcasses from predators as an easy food source when other food sources decline
Hibernation
Grizzly bears hibernate for 5 to 7 months each year (except where the climate is warm, as the California grizzly did not hibernate). During this time, female grizzly bears give birth to their offspring, who then consume milk from their mother and gain strength for the remainder of the hibernation period. To prepare for hibernation, grizzlies must prepare a den, and consume an immense amount of food as they do not eat during hibernation. Grizzly bears do not defecate or urinate throughout the entire hibernation period. The male grizzly bear's hibernation ends in early to mid-March, while females emerge in April or early May.
In preparation for winter, bears can gain approximately 180 kg (400 lb), during a period of hyperphagia, before going into hibernation. The bear often waits for a substantial snowstorm before it enters its den: such behavior lessens the chances predators will find the den. The dens are typically at elevations above 1,800 m (5,900 ft) on north-facing slopes. There is some debate amongst professionals as to whether grizzly bears technically hibernate: much of this debate revolves around body temperature and the ability of the bears to move around during hibernation on occasion. Grizzly bears can "partially" recycle their body wastes during this period. Although inland or Rocky Mountain grizzlies spend nearly half of their life in dens, coastal grizzlies with better access to food sources spend less time in dens. In some areas where food is very plentiful year round, grizzly bears skip hibernation altogether
ursus arctos
length: 1 to 2.8 m
weight: 139 kg (male), 95 kg (female)
lifespan: 20 to 30 years
predators: humans
habitat: boreal forest, mountain alpine, arctic tundra
yukon population estimate: 6,000-7,000
they breed for the first time around their 8th year and reproduce every 3 to 4 years
bears routinely distinguish between threatening and non-threatening human behaviour
bears are not mean or malicious; they are very gentle, curious, and tolerant animals
shih shòh (gwich’in)
shär cho (hän)
dlēze (kaska)
srà cho (northern tutchone)
akłaq (inuvialuit)
atsìá sho (big grandpa) (southern tutchone)
shash chō (tagish)
shüh choh (upper tanana)
xóots or xûts (tlingit)