A black bear standing in the shadows of trees is not a promising subject for photography. However I had to try, as only fifteen minutes earlier I had expressed disappointment at not having seen any black bears this year. Last year, bears descended to the valley bottom in August. This year, a good crop of wild berries seems to have kept them happily munching away on the mountainside.
This morning’s black bear was my first sighting of the year, so I asked if I might take its picture. It posed for a moment, but then wandered off into the forest.
Congrats.
I have spent a lot of time in a portable blind at a beach which has a ton of apple trees and even more bear dung without even getting a photo..
Travis, I too monitored an apple tree without success. I suspect that the shot, above, was merely a fluke.
Very nice of him to pose so nicely for you!
I’m still seeing lots of black bears at mid to high elevations, eating the last of this years stunning huckleberry crop. I was walking around at 1700 meter elevation today, with fresh bear tracks all over the place (in the snow).