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~
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The big ones are scary to me, but the little cubs are so cute – bet those claws could give a mighty swipe at whatever size though! Great photos Cindy. 🙂
Thank you! Being here for a longer time than our previous visit is a thrill of a life time!
Magnificent!
They are SO magnificent! Thank you for seeing this~
The first picture is so adorable. The bear looks so cuddly, easy to forget how dangerous they can be. So great to see pictures of them in the wild.
I have the same feeling seeing the first picture. It is also sort of funny too. I could imagine forgetting about how dangerous they can be and attempt give them a pat or two.
It is so wonderful to seem them thriving, but as we flew in by float plane, we see clear cut forest way too close to them.
We just can’t leave nature alone. It’s sad
We need to protect so many species as man destroys their habitats and then kills them because they are a threat when we move into their territory. By the way, great pictures!
Exactly right! The more time you spend with wild ones the more you want to protect them.
Great photos!! Amazing nature environment! Made me think of the old TV show Gentle Ben and of course Yogi Bear and Boo boo. However knowing that bears are wild animals I’m not about to get too close. Don’t want to become the bears’ next meal!! LOL!! 🙂
At least those old shows displayed their often placid dispositions.
You did it again! From a height of five hundred feet with telephoto lens?
No way! We were on wooden walkways designed for bear viewing and get close. The bears could get to us if they wanted to, but they don’t.
Seeing the bears was one of the most exciting thing for us in Alaska. We kept a long way away from them, though. They are scary!
They certainly can be if surprised or approached ignorantly.
I bet that salmon is good too. Smart bears.
Leslie
They are so smart and mostly herbivorous, but they do love their salmon!
We used to have a lot of brown bears and they would be competing with us for the blueberries.
Leslie
Good pictures of these great wild thing!
Thank you! They are incredible~
They look very cozy in there lol 😀
It is amazing to watch them submarine under water! They keep their ears above water to listen, but watch for salmon under the water and paddle around with the pads of their feet showing. I will post photos of this. I had never seen it before!
Big hunks of mystical creatures….great photos, Cindy.
Aren’t they just amazing. I am gobsmacked by them~
I’m having the same reactions as others have already expressed here. For such a powerful animal, bears sure are adorable at the same time! Many of the top images (due to how serene the bear looks) reminds me of teddy bears! Looking forward to seeing more of them Cindy! <3
Grizzly bears, especially coastal bears are mostly herbivorous, even inland bears eat tons of plants, but coastal, fish eating bears are more mellow, generally.
<3 <3 <3
A.
You know I love your bears Alison~
You make everything groovy …… You move me. Thank you Cindy for great captures💛
Awww, thank you. Grizzly bears are groovy and incredibly moving creatures.
I’m glad you were brave enough to take these wonderful pictures because I sure wouldn’t have been. 🙂 <3
I am just pleased you enjoyed the photos of them & cheers to you Natalie!
Oh I do love to look at them and think they are awesome but they scare the heck out of me especially after two movies I’ve seen lately! Cheers to you too missy❣😘
WOW!! Awesome shots!!
They are awesome creatures!
They look great, Cindy! They must be reasonably used to seeing humans -looking straight into the lenses like that?
It is an incredible feeling looking straight into a grizzly bears eyes. They made the eye contact which is interesting isn’t it!
Amazing captures!! They more want to eat your heart than to make it sing lol. I riced they are fat for the winter.
They really don’t. They much prefer salmon, probably tastes much better! 🐟
Sounds fishy to me. 🐡
They really prefer eating🐟! Probably tastes much better!
Doubly fishy! LOL
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Wild thing indeed, you seem to embrace something wild and new every week or so 🙂 How awesome it must have been to have photographed such an animal ~ the second photo is perfect…like he is looking right into our eyes.
They have done this looking into my eyes thing, multiple times. It is incredibly thrilling. I love the wild ones Randall!
Wow I know it’s a big lens but man it looks as if you could smell their bear breath
We are on bear viewing, open walkways, that let you get quite close, about 15 feet above the bears.
Ahhh I see… Wow now that’s close… Is it still light there as of 7:39pm dark here
It is dark now at 7:56pm……
Ahhh night happens earlier at this time of year…have fun!
Any moose?
Love the title! Makes me want to start singing 😄
Sing!!!!
magnificent photos cindy
Merci beaucoup mon ami!
Looks like every time you turned around you had a bear behind. 😉 Great photos.
There are bears, river and sea otter, bald eagles everywhere, humpbacks, stellar sea lions, black bears, orcas, and on and on. I am in wild thing heaven!
Oh, these photos are so exciting and enriching and delightful and magnificent! Breathtaking! Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you more Dor for sharing the excitement with me. Excitement shared is doubled and I so appreciate your love of all creatures great and small. <3 <3
Beautiful, majestic creatures. Their eyes are so expressive!! Can’t wait to see more 😊🐻
They obviously, like all mammals, feel a variety of emotions. The older bears seemed sad to me.
They have a longing in their eyes, a need to be more than just another trophy on some uncaring human wall…it’s heartbreaking, but you capturing them in photos is so beautiful…Thank you <3
Thank you for seeing and feeling what I am in their soulful eyes. I sense a sadness in most of the older bears and anger in one big one. I notice that a lot of nearby forest has been clear cut. Imagine all the things these older bears have seen people do in their life times~
:'(
They are magnificent creatures, Cindy. You have to feel awe… and a little bit of caution. 🙂 –Curt
Yes, all those things, and more. They scare me seriously when I encounter them by chance on an inland trail. But mostly I am awestruck by them.
Which is as it should be.
beautiful… cubs are very cute…..
They are the iconic teddy bear image with claws!
Wonderful Photos! How fascinating they Are these bears
That is what they are, fascinating!
Actually. I never saw anyone live, But they look so nice
Yes, their placid behavior is basically overlooked, and they have an inaccurate reputation based on rare occurance attacks.
I thought so. Thanks for confirming my idea about them
Wow! You really got up close and personal. 🙂 Incredible shots and magnificent bears. They’re beautiful, and sure love their salmon. Where exactly in Canada were you when you took these? Vancouver?
The bears are up The Knight Inlet on The Sunshine Coast of Canada, reachable essentially by float plane from Vancouver Island. You are so kind Joyce and so appreciated. Be well~
Wow for an amazing experience Cindy 🙂
They are really calling us for protection and they look so adorable.
More incredible photos Cindy!! The one with the fish in his mouth! I’m a little worried, you’d get too close to those guys! You are amazing! take care. xox
I am on wooden bear viewing platforms on native land. There is risk but I worry more about human danger~
Good to hear Cindy! The pictures were so incredible– like you were right in the middle of things! Happy photo shooting ahead! xox
What magnificent creatures!
They are.
You’re so lucky to be there, Cindy! Fantastic pictures. More, please 😊
Oh thank you, and I will happily oblige, there is so much behavior I am wittnessing, like submarining, playing, fishing technques, it goes on and on. The bald eagles are here too, snatching bear catches.
Wow! I love watching wild animals…
Wonderful photos Cindy.There’s room enough for us and for wildlife, we just need to learn a little respect and stop finding an excuse to use bullets on them all the time.We are the only species to kill for pleasure and have the nerve to consider ourselves superior.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
I agree with everything you said and so appreciated you saying it. Humans have a lot to answer for. Thank you David.
Oh wow, Cindy, those are great shots! You must probably feel blessed to be living this close, to be really part of nature!
Awesome photos!
Great shots Cindy! I’m very jealous!
You gotta hop on a float plane and head over here. I recommend Sailcone. You basically get a cabin and a boat at your disposal~
sounds great Cindy but could not afford it unfortunately. I’ll stick to Tranquil’s stream & bears.
You live in Eden my friend, and as you know, I will be invading your space soon. Everyone here talks about Tofino with reverance, including your Prime Minister. If you live in paradise, travel becomes less of a necessity. I regret not retiring on VI, I wanted to.
I love bears, those pictures are gorgeous, so beautiufl these animals!
They are gorgeous noble creatures and I am so pleased you see this!
Sorry if I missed where it says you are based but these are amazing. I’ve been lucky enough to see 4 or 5 n close proximity before but wow what a collection. And as ever your little lens captures them so well
There are a lot of them following the salmon. They pop out of the woods seemingly from no where from all sides of the forest heading to the river.
Cool event and like the. Note on how they look into our heart!
The first photo really had us smiling – so cute – 😉
Honestly they look so disarming especially in the water playing.
disarming is a good word – but wold still keep my distance – and Canada is so beautiful
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Time for a walk on the wildside with Cindy Knoke as she brings the bear necessities to life.. Fancy standing this close to this many bears…. just make sure you can run faster that whoever you are with! Thanks Cindy for another wonderful display…
| don’t suppose I would be comfortable walking around here when the salmon aren’t running. The bears would be hungry, not fat and playful……..
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Would not be a time to go fly fishing and you would need to wear your runners…xx
Animals can see our Soul through their Eyes.
Save All Animals on Earth
You tell them and let’s make them!
Gorgeous Cindy. Just gorgeous. Racks me tight off that people enjoy shooting them.
*right*!
I can’t really think about it because the imagery is too terrible. There is such a delicate balance between humans and wild animals in their habitats. It is horrible to imagine purposely violating this for pleasure.
It’s a difficult one. People violate our environment all the time though, sadly.
Great photos… oh they look so cuddly.. and the picture of the first bear is absolutely amazing you really captured his heart and soul. What an experience that must have been to witness the bears like that.
Thank you Wendell. They are noble creatures and a privelege to be among.
Those grizzlies are scary. Your photos are awesome, Cindy.
Thank you Ranu! They definitely need to be respected and there is no room for mistakes.
oh j’aurai bien aimé voir ça de plus près
ils sont magnifiques, très jolies captures comme d’habitude Cindy
Merci du partage
passe une très bonne journée
bisous
Je suis tres heureux que vous aimez les ours. Merci mon ami et bien.
bisous~
oh je t’en prie
Passe une très bonne journée
bisous
The bear necessities
Are necessary for all of us!!! 🐻
Lovely
They are!
“You make everything groovy
Wild thing”
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Great shots. 🙂
They do make everything groovy and you should see them submarine underwater!
Such amazing photos, Cindy, just magical. But I have to say, I love the song, and will be proud to have it as my ear worm all day. “You make my heart sing, you make everything….groovy”. ☺ Thanks ??
As soon as I saw them look in my eyes, the song popped into my head. Glad you like it!