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Coastal brown bear, Wachusett Cove, Southeast Alaska

A small snowstorm hangs onto the east side of a mountain in the Bear River Range. This photo was taken in Utah but it is so close to the border that the mountain might actually be in Idaho. The Bear River Range is the most northern sub-set of the Wasatch Mountains.

The Bear

Wild Black Bear Sow in Ontario, Canada

Ardbeg, ON

Common name: Brown Bear

Scientific name: Ursus arctos

Distribution: Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq; Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Mongolia, Montenegro, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan

Conservation status (IUCN): Least Concern

GSMNP

Taking hikes in and around the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, I often come across black bears. Never have I come so close as this time however. While coming over a hill into some tall grass I looked up and there he was! I think we were both a little surprised although I am sure he heard me coming. I happily backed slowly away as I kept my eyes on him.

(I do carry bear spray just in case, but have never had to use it. I also use a telephoto lens and crop my pictures so if you are trying to get a close up with a cell phone camera, you are endangering the life of yourself and the bear.)

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A suggestion by our guide on our 2nd morning at Lake Clark National Park in Alaska to set an early morning alarm paid dividends! He advised that low tide would be just prior to sunrise and that the forecast was for a nice morning and did we want to head out and see if any bears out clamming on the sands....easy answer...of course we will! Was a great morning as predicted by our guide and we were rewarded with some gorgeous light and silhouettes for our breakfast date with this Coastal Brown Bear.

Svalbard, Arctic Norway, 02.08.2012.

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Some very old bears at the antique store.

Algonquin Provincial Park

Ontario, Canada

This big brute posed this way for me two days in a row

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Rocky Mountain National Park

One of the polar bear cubs at Seaworld Queensland, it would be so nice to go back and see them again soon.No photos, it is pouring with rain that we need so bad, but it sure dampens the mood, so to the archives it is!

A mother European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) and her three 18-month old cubs. Seen on a mammal-watching weekend on the Finland/Russia border, May 2018.

From our trip a few weeks ago

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One of the bears enjoying the water up Grouse Mountain and keeping cool

Week 25 Smiles CC Group

Had a big smile all day up the mountain with the wildlife and the views

European Brown Bear at Dartmoor zoo, UK. 400mm and 1.4 extender

Quick sketch of a bear using charcoal and oil pencils on toned tan sketch paper.

Brown bear, Shalom Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Dinner time.

Grizzly Bear keeping a close eye on us as we slowly approached in our boat ...

Nekite River Estuary, Smith Inlet, B.C. Canada ...

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Bear cake with some double vanilla cupcakes - ready for Ben's birthday tomorrow :-)

Closeup image...maybe a bit too close?

Having swam quite the distance over the lake the Black Bear takes on board some greens as he strolls through the lush grass

JUST GOOD FRIENDS

I encountered this young Black Bear along Fitzsimmons Creek in Whistler, BC.

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This is a young black bear (about 1½ years) who would normally still be with her mother. We were hearing that Mom had been killed on the highway. So this little one was foraging for wild blueberries which were very plentiful under the very tall ferns. The only indication that there was a bear in the field was the ferns moving...until the little bear stood up!!!

Whitetail Canyon in the Chiricahua Mountains

Wild Bear Kuusamo Finland

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska | October | Canon 5d3 | Canon 600 |

Shalom Wildlife Sanctuary

A bear of Madrid´s Zoo

Mendoza Zoo.

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Since there are no salmon to catch at this time of year, grass is often a brown bear's first choice. But, as omnivores, they can and do eat a very wide range of things, from elk to bugs, grass and roots.

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Bear @ everland.korea

Bear lake in northern Utah/southern Idaho in winter. This is a three image panorama. View large.

Bear towing Wagenbarge 9, port of Blyth 16/4/2023.

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This picture was taken at the Northwest Trek Wildlife Park.