The kokanee are spawning in local creeks. Bears come to feast upon them. Locals and tourists come to delight in both.
There is a family of black bears with two cubs working a spawning channel. However, getting a good picture through the intervening brush and trees was difficult. The best I managed yestermorn was a portrait of the sow.
A black bear sow lifts her head from the water after failing to catch the fish she was after.
I love this shot!
I think she’s considering you as a consolation prize……
Chuckle, then she probably saw the canister of bear spray hanging from my belt and decided to stick with the fish.
What a fabulous photo!
“Huh — it’s that guy again with the black thing stuck to his face — probably thinks he looks like a bear — I guess I’ll humor him — this time”