You make my heart sing!
Look into the eyes of wild grizzlies,
and you can see their wild souls.
On a typical day we are seeing 25 or so individual bears.
There are a lot of cubs. One mama has four which is quite unusual.
They are here for the salmon,
and need to consume about 20,000 calories a day to prepare for winter.
Arguments do break out,
but don’t last long.
Wildlife in The Knight Inlet in Canada is incredible and I will be posting more photos of bears and many other wild creatures.
Here is one of the venues where the action is taking place.
Cheers to you from the magnificent wild grizzlies who look directly into our human hearts and ask for our protection~
Gorgeous shots as usual! I have never heard of four cubs in our bears in Sweden, but I think three is not unusual.
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I think four is unusual, especially with all appearing healthy~
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It must have been great to watch them. There are great bear tours in Finland, and sometimes I feel I should go. But to photograph them like you do is not possible – so I keep enjoying your blog instead!
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WOW! I have never seen anything like this. I counted 6 Grizzly in your one photo. Cindy!! You must have been crazy with excitement. What a beautiful place they live. Do you worry about them smelling you and coming to climb up to the perch you’re in? xK
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The only time I worry around bears is on trails with limited visibility and lots of fresh scat. This happened a few days ago and we heard a chuff. That was enough for me to skee-daddle out of that beary patch. These fish gorging guzzlers didn’t show any hostility. They were enjoying their spa and salmon way too much. Inland mammal eating grizzlies tend to spook me more than coastal fish eaters, but I always want to never surprise either on a trail, which is why I sing loudly on trails and sound simply horrible. I hate running into people when I do this! Yesterday, I came upon a guy fishing and I had to apologize for the horrific din. He said, “I would much rather that then the big sow and her two cubs I just saw in those bushes behind you!”
Usually all I see on trails is a bear butt getting out of earshot of me singing Madonna’s ‘Spanish Lullaby’…..
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LOL, you and Madonna! That’s cute 😀 I was hiking with some friends in Valmount BC when we spotted steaming bear scat, I couldn’t get out of there fast enough. Sure enough, two bears cris-crossing the cut-line. Not Grizzly, just the casual black/brown bears 😀 If I was close enough to hear a chuff, you’d be looking at my butt, every so briefly as I high-tailed it outta there. I’ll remember that singing routine for next time xk
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And I know you remember how to tell grizzly poop from black bear poop……. 😉
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I’m afraid to ask but it might come in handy at some point, ha! Is this like, A black bear and a grizzly bear both walk into a bar…yadda yada…LOL
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Do you remember? Black bear poop is full of seeds and berries, Grizzly’s, bear spray cans and bear bells……
Poor grizzlies have such a unfair rep! 😉
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LOL, no doubt…eeeek! Perhaps the ‘poor’ grizzly has hypnotized you with their beady little black eyes. 😀 ha!
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Not a chance, but I think they did a Attenborough photographer who went underwater here reportedly to photograph the grizzlies from the salmon’s point of view. I sure he got some awesome shots but there is no way in h*** I am even going down to the river bank here. I am cautious around wild ones. It’s irresponsible not to be. Of course, I’m cautious around people I don’t know for the same reasons!
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Good to hear! Trust your instincts, always ❤
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I love all your photos of the bears. Never seen them in the wild, just rescue places so it is wonderful to see them eating that yummy red salmon.
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I am so pleased you love the bears. It is wonderful to see them wild, free and healthy~ 🐻
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It must have been an amazing experience to see them.
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Yes it was 🐻y wonderful!! Cheers to you Kerry~
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The mama with her cubs ~ a beautiful sight!
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Yes indeed! Happy, healthy and free~ ❤
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Thank you for visiting and also for the like. 🙂
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You are most welcome!
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Cute!
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Grazie!
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Wonderful animals! Follwoing!
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Reblogged this on Journal Edge and commented:
Article/ Image Source: cindyknoke.com
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Sincere thank you for supporting these magnificent and threatened creatures my friend & cheers to you!
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MY Pleasure Dear 🙂
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Such majestic animals. So much respect for them.
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Thank you Kally. It makes me happy that you respect them დ
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