We’ve been home at The Holler for a couple of weeks now. The highlight of the trip was spending time with Mamma Griz and her Mini-me!
Thought you might like to see some more photos of them.
Here they are surveying their vast domain.
It’s mini see, mini do, with these two!
I have never seen such perfectly executed mimicry. Mini is learning how to be a bear.
They live in an awful pretty place,
and they are a awfully handsome pair!
Cheers to you from Mama Griz and Mini-me in their mountain lair~
Note: If you didn’t see the other photos of Mama Griz & Mini-me check out:
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I’m speechless… These photos ought to get published through NG, Cindy!
Oh, you are very kind Amy. It was such a thrill to be with them for such an extended period watching their natural behavior!
I really love the bears. Wonderful images of wildlife.
I love people who love bears! <3
Love the bears and the scenery 🙂
Yay! Another bear lover! Bears need them.
Superb!!!!! 🙂
So appreciated! <3
Such lovely captures of the bears, Cindy! 🙂
Very pleased you enjoyed them Jo & cheers to you~
Unbelievable photos, Cindy. Clear, up close enough to almost read what’s behind the facial expressions of Mama and her baby. Stunning fall color as background. <3 <3 <3
You are very kind and your lovely comments are most appreciated. Cheers to you my friend and thank you!
Wonderful! 🙂
Thanks Bette ma’ deah! <3
Fab Griz & Grizlet!
Grizlet is a good one!
Thank you for your glorious photos of these two and their homeland <3
Melting.
Alison
I know you resonate with these phenomal creatures Alison and I am grateful that you do! They need defenders.
Thank you for the eye opening post on Egypt. Sending it to Jim. The lack of tourists has me very interested.
One on one teaching works best 🙂 Nice pictures of both and the place!
It does, it’s the personal approach! And the cub seem like a most attentive learner! <3
Very sweet!
It takes sweet to see sweet Resa~
Don’t mess with “mama” bear!
Nope! Not me. She is what you call an assertive female~
Great catch how Mini Me copies the movements of Mama Bear… 🙂
Isn’t it a pity that they both give you the feeling you’d like to cuddle them, hug them when you know you’d probably not survive it?… 😉
Just seeing them from a safe distance was a huge thrill for me! They do look cuddly, hence the teddy bear icons, but nope, I wasn’t tempted to request a hug! It would be unbearable. 😉
Fascinating photos.Thank you for visiting my blog.You have a unique blog.Jalal
Thank you Jalal and be well my friend.
One word…incredible!
On behalf of the incredible bears, I thank you!
The bear with baby bear made me smile. Also, silly “bedtime me” thought of Yogi Bear and little “Boo Boo.” 🙂
I just did a post on Boo Bear, the black bear cub, so our great minds are thinking alike Robin! 😉
The photographs are absolutely stunning…. Wonderful post, dear Cindy. Sending love and best wishes , Aquileana 🍁🍃🍂
Thank you Aquileana. I was reading your more recent post yesterday, and as usual, I was very impressed with your scholarly depth and breadth. Be well my friend~
Cheers to having the right lens to get you close. … look at those claws on Mama Griz!
Yes, the right zoom makes all the difference, and yes, look at those claws!!! Incredible!
Lovely pictures. How wonderful the little one gets to grow up in that magnificent beauty. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
Yes, they live in grizzly bear paradise! So glad you like them~
Fantastic photos of the bears!!! Scotland could do with a few of them back in our woods!!
Thank you! Yes, it is sad that bears are gone from so much of Europe. They definitely wake you up when you encounter one on a trail! Cheers to you, and I am 1/4 Scotch, so I love Scotland! Note: You can tell I am Scottish, since I just spelled Scot, Scotch!! 😉 😉
Scots or Scotch, with photos like yours Cindy, we are proud you here in Scotland that you have some Scottish blood!! Actually, far more than me, I’m a Cornishman living in Scotland, but my wife is 100% Scottish 🙂
My paternal grandmother was the very proud Scot. She married a Newfoundlander, that’s a mouthfull! Wonderful to make your aquaintance and love looking at your photos of gorgeous Scotland.
Cindy where do you live? I thought grizzlies stayed way to the north – I guess you got these pics on a trip…Montana, northern USA and Canada….but these are clearly grizzlies!
These are not Holler Bears. You are right they were in Glacier National Park, in Montana. The largest grizzly bear in North America was shot at The Holler, but that was in the 1890’s. Sadly there are no more grizzlies in California despite them being our state symbol.
Amazing! I love the photos and the video is crazy! Mama bear and baby are just precious! Love this post Cindy thanks so much for sharing with us!
Your enjoyment is rewarding and makes me happy I posted! Cheers to you Lyn~
Thanks I love your photos!
Well, I love your recipes, so we’re even!
<3 <3
These are fabulous photos.
Awwww, thank you my friend and be well! <3
I can’t decide if I want to come back as a bear or an eagle in my next life?
Boy, that is a tough one. Bears have a greater chance of being hunted than eagles unfortunately. I’d probably choose eagle, but I understand your dilemma!
Your mimic photos are delightful Cindy. What great captures. BTW, how has the rain down in So Cal been treating you? –Curt
Thank you Curt. We have gotten minimal rain, and none in the past ten days. We are still eagerly awaiting the el nino!. I am going to google the latest projections now. Take care my friend~
And may El Nino bless you, but not too much. 🙂
I wish the gods paid attention to these sort of precise instructions! 😉
They Are a handsome pair! Love the pics 😉
So pleased you do and thank you too!
Wow for some amazing bears Cindy, they are looking so good. I’m sure they didn’t see you as an enemy.
Nor did I see them as anything close to an enemy. Thank you for knowing this! <3 <3
Wow, Cindy! How incredible. Do you feel scared with them around or do they keep to themselves? A long lens perhaps? They are so beautiful and the mimicry is particularly striking. I felt like I was watching a wildlife documentary. Fantastic!
I have a long lens. These two were not the least bit scary because we all knew we were there and there was good distance between us. Plus the bears were in a mellow mood. The only time I have felt scared was when I encounter a bear close up on a trail, but in those situations, I have been singing so loudly (to alert bears to our presence) that all I see is a glance and a bear butt as they walk away from my cacaphony! 😉
Wonderful pictures of mom and baby Griz! And the views! Breathtaking.
I am so glad she lives in a national park, so the likelihood of her being killed by some gun nut is less~
I fully agree!
Just as we should see them, not as some trophy strung up and photographed with the proud hunter.
Beautiful shots Cindy 😀 Superb
Amen! I google imaged searched grizzly claw images and the majority of photos were taken by hunters, gloating over the a dead bear’s claws and paws. I only want to see living bears, and living bear paws and claws!
Wonderful photos, Cindy! How can they be so fierce and look so adorable at the same time!
It is what makes them so fascinating I think. This sense of contained power. Grizzlies spend most of their days being grazers!
Really! I guess I need to spend more time watching the Alaskan reality TV shows. 🙂
It is hard to get a balanced view of grizzlies anywhere. The truth is we have hunted them to extinction in much of the lower 48 including California despite the fact they are our state symbol. They spend most of their time grazing and avoiding humans.
Wow, Cindy, fantastic photos. You did an impeccable job of capturing the mimicry. And I really love seeing the grizzly’s claws–so formidable…not easy to capture when there’s tall grass and ground debris.
Thank you my friend. That is the hardest thing about photographing wild life in their natural environments isn’t it? The difficulty of getting a photo unobscured by grass and brush!
Excellent compositions Cindy. Are you familiar with Chris Martin, a Canadian photographer ?
His nature and landscape work just carries you off. This sequence reminds me of his work.
http://christophermartinphotography.com/
Stunning photography! Thank you for showing me. I can’t imagine what it would be like to live full time in Africa or Canada.
It is nirvana for photographers!
Very nice landscape! The bears look very cute notwithstanding their savagery.
Thank you!
Great photos!
Mil grazie!
Bonita escena familiar de la mamá osa con su pequeñín. Y los lagos son preciosos. 🙂
Muchas gracias mi amiga especial, y tiene una buena fin del semana! <3 <3
Magnificant in every way <3
Wonderful of you to say!
Cindy – Oh, yes. Your bears have the best of all worlds. They have food, safety and beauty along with a natural habitat. What more could any being on earth ask for – other than love and health of course. With your temperate climate will the bears go into hibernation? I’m ashamed to admit, I love bears and know next to nothing about them. Your photos are magnificent as always. Sheri
These grizzlies live in Glacier, and they should be heading into hibernation around now. The largest grizzly ever shot in North America was shot at The Holler in the late 1800’s. Sadly there are no more left. Life at The Holler would be so much more interesting with grizzlies. They are after all our state symbol. Be well Sheri & Tom. <3
Shucks. I thought you might be far enough away from everything that they might have made their way back to you.
You have no idea how much I wish they would, except that some moron might shoot them!
So precious!
They are just that!
Baby bears do something to my hormones…
Kick in the nuturing instinct possibly…….
What a fantastic experience to see these amazing animals in such a beautiful location. Fab photos (as always).
So glad you understand how truly remarkable this was. I have seen coastal grizzlies up coast, but this was an inland sow and cub and we were in their presence for a long time. Truly an incredible experience!
What a beautiful journey, dear friend! Have a wonderful week ahead, Cindy! 🙂
Visa versa 2 U X 2!
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Wonderful, that vast landscape at their disposal.
It is wonderful to think of them hibernating here in a protected place.
Wonderful photos! In Florida, FWC decided that after the black bear was removed from the endangered species list that people should be allowed to hunt them again (http://anarette.com/2015/10/25/compassion-2/). It was terrible to have to witness this after decades of restoration efforts.
It is so disgusting, there are no words. We seem as a species to be incapable of learning. I am so sorry. It must be so disheartening to see this.
Very disheartening. I thought we were on the right track, but we as a species still have a long way to go.
Yes, and we don’t have much time before too many species will be gone forever.
The wonders of nature & the wild!
They cannot be bested! <3
So true.
These are simply awesome shots (the third one needs to be in a magazine and framed somewhere…it has everything). What you’ve captured is a great mom-child pair…and the fact that they are grizzlies is amazing.
We are going for more grizzly time in The Knight Inlet next year. I have seen a lot of grizzlies in my life, but I have never seen one acting aggressively. This pair was incredible, such tenderness between the two, and the photo with them both looking over this thousand foot drop over their realm was pure magic to see. Again not suprised you noticed Randall, but thank you very much for doing so.
I do hope to photograph some bears, and grizzlies would be a dream…they are beautiful just being themselves, but when put in an incredible environment it is a sight I wish to see very much ~ The Knight Inlet, very good for you!
It will be our second visit but this time we are staying much longer in a floating fly in lodge up the inlet. Then we are driving all over Vancouver Island. We are going at the peak of the salmon runs so are sure to see orcas and bears!
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Beautiful photos of grizzly bears…fascinating, captivating critters!
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Awwww, so glad you like them. They have a gentle, grazer aspect to them. Not always the fierce, relentless predator depicted so ubiquitously. Thank you for supporting the grizzlies.
Awesome! Those are right by your house?
The largest grizzly shot in North America was shot at The Holler in the late 1890’s. Despite it being our state symbol, grizzlies are extinct in Caliornia. There guys were in Glacier National Park. Hope all is well with you and your Brenda!
I’ve seen bear in Yosemite, but maybe those were black bears. I’m afraid they trigger my avoidance behaviors. We push out all the other major predators, don’t we? We just can’t stand a little competition.
Avoidance is a good strategy with bears, but historically I think people were overly fearful of bears and reacted hostilely in reaction to the fear. ):
Beautiful shots of the two – again. you read us right in wanting more photos…lovely to see how the little one is learning too.
So happy you enjoyed these rarely seen beauties & cheers to you!
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