all snug in their beds,
while dreams of salmon,
dance in their heads.
Last year at this time I posted the highlight of 2015 which was spending time with Mama-Griz and Her Mini-me in Glacier National Park in Montana.
This year the highlight of 2016 was spending time with the twenty six or so grizzlies and cubs in the Knight Inlet in Canada.
It is an absolute thrill to observe and photograph these magnificent creatures in the wild. I took so many photos in the inlet and thought I would share some more with you.
The grizzly bear is listed as a threatened species in the contiguous United States and endangered in parts of Canada.
Ursus Artos Californicus is the symbol of my state, California. In 1866, a grizzly described as weighing as much as 2,200 pounds was killed at The Holler, the biggest bear ever found in California. Today this California species is extinct.
Does this guy look like a well fed and happy Baloo Bear to you?
It is my sincere hope that the remaining grizzlies in North America will be allowed to live out their lives in peace. Cheers to you from the now sleeping grizzlies of the Knight Inlet~
Love black bears, which used to roam the woods around our home in Maine. Hope to one day witness the browns 😉
We have the black in California and I see them fairly regularly. Bears are just amazing, intelligent creatures~ 🐻
Amazing pictures… hope to see those grizzlies some day.
I hope you do. It is an incredible experience~ 🐻
I’m sure it is impossible to convey the actual size of these bears in photos, but you’ve definitely come close! Beautiful photography.
They are massive. You can see it in the cubs most easily because their skulls look to heavy for their bodies to lift. They haven’t grown into their bones yet~ 🐻
beautiful creatures!
Than you! They are magnificent~ 🐻
…while dreams of salmon dance in their heads…. Need I say more? Beautiful.
Ah, so kind & so appreciated~ 🐻
Stunning photos, Cindy! Thank you for sharing them.
Thank you more for appreciating the wonderful wild ones~ 🐻
WOW! It’s almost like you could reach out and touch them (although that would probably be a bad idea…).
Yeah, I think they would be a very bad idea! 😉 🐻
I hope so too, Cindy. They are such magnificent animals with unique characteristics and personality like all other wildlife, all of them, to be appreciated and protected.
Exactly! The 🐻🐻 and I thank you Joyce~ <3
I second that Cindy ,bears are wonderful creatures, thanks for sharing, the pictures were super fab as always.. =^_^= Happy New Year. (lunar)
Happy Lunar New Year to you my friend & 🐻y big thank you!
Wow, just amazing! Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you more for appreciating the 🐻🐻!
Yay!
<3
Your passion for wildlife is infectious Cindy ( in a good way). Thanks for showing us what few get to experience firsthand.
peace, Linda
Thank you Linda. Seeing them in the wild forms this intense connection. I first saw grizzlies as a child and I still remember it clearly~🐻
Thank you so much, Cindy for taking us along! I have never seen the action photos this clear and beautiful.
The 🐻🐻 are very photogenic! Thank you & cheers to you Amy~
Wonderful photos Cindy. I’m thrilled just looking at the photos and would be ecstatic to see them up close!
It is like the ultimate natural high to see creatures like this wild, free and peaceful~ 🐻
Agreed!
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It is hard to imagine a world without grizzlies. Maybe they will be around when my great grandchildren have children to enjoy these amazing animals not just in pictures. By the way they are great.
It is such a sad thing to imagine them suffering and then gone. Ursus Californicus should be roaming The Holler today. I hope they are still here for your great grandchildren~ 🐻
I’m stunned by these gorgeous photos–and by the brave photographer !
Seeing them on a trail can be spooky, watching them gorge on salmon, not at all! 🐻
Incredible photographs. Just fantastic. I don’t know if people can let anything live. We have a person in the white house (sometimes) who doesn’t care about the environment at all. It mades me sick, really sick to even think that one will be killed. There is something very wrong with our species.Very wrong.
There is. We are way too destructive and too unkind to each other and all creatures great and small.
Gorgeous <3
Alison
🐻<3
Fantastic pictures Cindy and a great subject.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
🐻 hugs back to you David!
Beautiful photos of the grizzlies, Cindy! I hope this species will be around for a long time to come.
🐻<3
I sincerely hope your wish will be granted. Beautiful photos.
There are a lot of people who care about protecting them, and a lot of people who don’t, so it is unclear which way it will go~ 🐻
It would be so terrible if they no longer would be protected.
Yes.
They are definitely beautiful – large and scary but beautiful nevertheless and it’s so sad that they are an endangered species.
It is very sad and they are very large and can be🐻y scary! Hugs to you Antionette~ <3
Beautiful words and amazing photographs. It can’t get any better. I love the bear. They are just hungry like we are. So sorry for what we have done to so much and so many.
I hear you and resonate with you. Thank you~ 🐻
So thrilling to be so close to these 🐻 moments. Thanks for sharing Cindy 💛
It was 🐻y thrilling! <3
I pray they do too dear Cindy!!! 🙂 <3
The 🐻🐻 and I love you for it Natalie! <3
You always make me smile Cindy and I love you for that❣️😘
Love, and lots of it, are what we need now, and you and I both have lots of this. Be well my friend~ <3
Absolutely we do my friend and we’ll just keep on sharing our love! You stay well too missy and keep that mojo well too❣️😘
Love does in fact, conquer all. Much love to you Natalie.
Amen! Love and hugs😊❤️
Back 2Ux2 my dear friend~ <3
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I will not mention the salmon this time 🙂
Majestic animals, I love when they are in the water, they look happy.
Laughing……You rock! And the 🐻🐻 might even let you have a salmon or two, once their done of course~
So impressive – the bears AND your photos!
Awww, so nice and so appreciated! 🐻
Gorgeous animals. And they have the right idea. We should all just sleep through winter 😊🐻
Yes, but the no eating part?? Not so much~ 🐻
Oh, good point lol
I mean where we be without the occasional brownie? Love to to you Dorinda~ <3
Love right back to you, my friend! <3
<3
Hear hear!
How did you get these magnificent photos of these magnificent creatures?
Peta
I am so sorry I missed this comment. It was in my wordpress spam filter. I was on a wooden bear viewing platform built to observe grizzlies as they feed on wild salmon. I am so happy you enjoyed them & cheers to you~
Such amazing photos. So enjoyed these and photos you had on Facebook.
Another spammed comment! I had 14 of them! Thank you Sue. I am so appreciative. Cheers to you~
I seem to be in everyone’s spam folders these days! Thanks for rescuing me
<3 <3 <3
Lovely photos as usual, Cindy! I’ve saved some to use as painting references. You should post on Instagram!
My daughter keeps saying this. I look forward to seeing the painting(s). 🐻
Wonderful pictures! I’ve only seen one grizzly in the wild, and that was in Alaska last August. I didn’t get nearly as close as you did!
It is something you never will forget, no matter how close or how far. I am glad you saw one~
I pray they remain safe and are protected to reproduce and live happily. Amazing photos.
Ahhh, thank you!
Wonderful photos of the Grizzlys in the wild !! Once I had the idea of liberating the Californian Bear from his flag…
https://fredonnezmoi.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/la-liberation-dours-de-la-californie/
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Oh my, my, my! You do see why I love blogging so! How else could I have met someone who freed the last California grizzly entrapped in our flag? He needs to be in the lower Holler field right now. I’ll just feed him a bit until he gets on his feet, so to speak. Don’t tell anyone~
Marvelous pictures, Cindy. 🙂 — Suzanne
Ahh, the 🐻🐻 and I thank you~
Amazing photos and narrative! What a wonderful life they have there – eating, playing, and just being together. This is the kind of sight I hope we can continue to enjoy far into the future. I definitely see why this is the highlight of 2016! 🙂
Wild animals are just so much more civilized than we are! 😉 🐻
Hello Cindy.
They got big noses, the older ones. 😉
And You never ever will know, what´s in their mind next minute.
Wonderful big creatures and each of them got his own character.
And they are really dangerous and incredible fast in moving and very intelligent.
You have to be carefully in the near of them.
A small bear, a racoon, came to my apartment, for the time of nearly two years.
He was young and not very shy. It was a curious friendship.
But we both kept a distance of half a meter all the time.
Last winter on st. Nikolas evening he appeared with a female racoon, more shy as he was.
I stopped to feed them, because it would be no good for them, because of my neighbors.
It was hard to me, but the best to be done.
Have a good time.
Frank
Ahhh! He is your friend and he brought his mate to meet you! And you had to stop feeding him because your neighbors might hurt him. I think this says all that one can say about wild animals and people. Some people care about and protect them, others don’t care and kill them even when they is no reason to. Thank you for sharing this story. It makes me very happy to know you~ <3 🐻
Yes, exactly; I know what people do in that small village.
He came that evening and pushed on the glassdor.
And I looked for rolled oats and water to give it to them.
I took a picture of them. 😉
https://frankgueld.wordpress.com/2015/12/08/von-drauss/
Oh your heart is wonderful! I love them. Thank you for sending me the link. I was following raccoon prints all over Salton Sea. They led me to the birds. They are smart creatures.
The racoon had spent a lot of time with me before. I could have the glassdoor opened, sitting at my table, smoking my cigartette and drinking Cappucino and he was with his rolled oats and water. I talked to him and he listened from time to time looking backwards. We had a good time. 😉
Oh, so wonderful! Other people could experience wild animals this way if they just gave the animals a chance. You both earned your friendship~
Hello Cindy.
But it is not as easy, at it seems to be, when You read my story.
You got to know, what kind of being you meet, when you spent time with.
I told you my adventure, to show you, that my racoon was a bear as well, as your big ones.
Even after a long time of knowing, I always had to look for, what is in his mind aktually.
There were times he needed more distance than at other days.
And a bear is really dangerous and reacts as wild animal, even a small one.
And each kind of animal, does not think about, why it is, like it is.
I never touched him, although I´d rather liked to do this. And my racoon knew I would not do. There are rules to be respected. You find out in looking how animals are used to behave. For me it´s a special way of learning, what life can be. And that´s the thrill to me; another touch of love. 😉
Have a nice day.
Frank
Amazing photos of these beauties, Cindy 🙂
The 🐻🐻🐻 and I thank you!
Great photos of fantastic animals Cindy. As someone who lives in a country without creatures like this, can you tell me if you need to be cautious when you are photographing them. You sound almost casual about it and it seems like they might be friendly but that is not my perception of any bear, however wonderful they are.
Oh yes, you need to be extremely cautious in bear country. There are a host of rules that need to be followed to keep you and the bears as safe as possible. If you unwisely break these rules you increase the chance that the bear may kill you and lots of bears will be killed for your mistakes. I am never alone in bear country. I make lots of noise to avoid startling a bear which is a very dangerous thing to do. I carry no food on my person. I carry bear spray. I observe their body language closely and keep safe distance. These bears were viewed from wooden viewing platforms that are much like bird hides. I am most wary of inland bears like the ones I photographed in Glacier National Park. I photographed the mom and cub for several hours. She knew we were there and looked at us regularly but we never approached close enough to provoke any alarm. Interestingly some people and their dog eventually came along. I told them to go no further as there was a sow and cub ahead. They ignored me and proceeded into her space. They got charged. Even the cub charged. I left at that point.
Salmon eating coastal bears are more focused on the fish during the salmon runs.
I’m glad to hear you are so sensible. It sounds very exciting though, if a bit scary as well. I must visit the States someday. I find it very difficult to get my head around it being so big – that’s the result of living on a little island. There are good things about that as well of course, like always being near the sea 😄
I was born and raised right on the ocean I know what you mean.
very nice pictures and powerful animal
The 🐻🐻 and I thank you~
Such great photos Cindy – I felt as if I was there watching them
I am so happy you joined me! 🐻
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Beautiful bears.
The 🐻🐻 are beautiful and thank you for supporting them!
These are lovely photographs, Cindy. 🙂
Thank you Ranu!
Terrific pictures Cindy.
Most appreciated! 🐻
Wonderful pictures, Cindy
So pleased you enjoyed! 🐻
Your post is very interesting and the photos are excellent. Thank so much, Cindy.
Thank you more for the kind appreciation Isabel~ 🐻
I love bears. Your portraits of them are great!
I love people who love 🐻🐻🐻!
beautiful animal 🙂
Yes indeed they are! 🐻
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Awww, I love the Bears, they are so cute! Such sweet faces, but I would hate to tangle with those big paws! Awesome photos! Hugz Lisa and Bear
You can love them from a safe distance! 🐻
Thanks for the images of such majestic creatures, and up close and personal.
Thank you for recognizing their magnificence Amy for that is what they truly are~ 🐻
Magnificent creatures, Cindy. I love your photos. What an experience that must be to see them in the wild 🙂
The numbers we encountered on this trip were remarkable with so many sows and juveniles. It was our second trip here. On the first trip we encountered 3 bears, on this one, 26, because we were at the peak of the salmon run~
That’s great! Yay for sharing this world with wildlife.
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Holy crap! You said sleeping…… beautiful powerful animanls but I rather see them in photos.
You’re a dare devil to go to see those monsters
My former job evaluating and treating males with anger and violence problems was far more dangerous and I do use much the same skills to stay safe with wild animals that I used with people, distance, respect, careful observation of body language, backup and general common sense. I find the animals less dangerous than the people I used to work with.
Forgot, you did tell me you where some kind of social working or something like that…. try work my into civil society and if you can, you can say you have achieved a miracle. Plus I’ m not all tha bad
Of course you’re not, that’s why i like you.
Amazing captures, Cindy! Hoping to visit Colusa wildlife refuge for some snow geese action this weekend!
I wish I could go with you!
Ursus horribilis (grizzlies) and Canis lupus (grey wolves) are magnificent animals and have been treated unfairly by Homo screw-up-iens (man). They deserve to live in peace in their ever-shrinking habitats. Thanks for the beautiful photos!
You said exactly what I feel. I am sick and tired of people killing magnificent wild animals and destroying their eco-systems~ 🐻
Cindy – Since we can see the individual whiskers on these bears in your photos, I can appreciate what a glorious experience this was. So close! (or is that a special lens? 🙂 )
These are definitely tele-photo shots. We were on an wooden elevated bear viewing platform and were about 12 feet above the bears at the closest, mostly we were further.
That is my hope too, Cindy. Wonderful shots!
The 🐻🐻 and I thank you!
These are stunning photographs Cindy, so crisp and clear. It’s such a treat to see these animals so close and enjoying their natural habitat.
Thank you for caring about them Elisa! They are amazing creatures~
I am always awestruck by what you and that camera of yours manage to capture — as I say I am so grateful for you and your commitment to making sure the world can see such beauty. Thank you Cindy!
Awww, thank you much more for such an incredibly kind and thoughtful comment~ 🐻
It’s impossible NOT to love a bear, Cindy! After all, they just remind us of the teddy bears we had as kids (and we refuse to consider their long claws and teeth, ha!)
Yes they are disarmingly cuddly looking at times and so frequently docile unlike how they are depicted in most photos and media. Fully recognizing their awesome power of tooth, claw, mass and agility, makes them even more impressive
I love when you share these remarkable moments. I feel like I’m there in the photos. Hugs!
It makes the experience better with you along Rebecca. 🐻 hugs back to you my friend~
Can you clarify? “In 1866, a grizzly described as weighing as much as 2,200 pounds was killed at The Holler, the biggest bear ever found in California”
Killed at The Holler?
T and I were not aware of grizzlies’ extinction. Terrible.
Ursus Arctos Californicus was a separate sub-species of Grizzly Bear, similar genetically to Alaskan Grizzlies, larger than the bears in other US states. Californicus is now extinct. The Holler is a mythical name I use for where I live. The largest Californicus was killed here in 1866, stuffed and kept in a local museum for decades. Here are some links for more details:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_grizzly_bear
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-valley-center-a-piece-of-bear-valley-history-is-2012jun16-story.html
Awesome!
The 🐻🐻 and I thank you!
You leave us fascinated with those photos. Valedero your daring because you captured the best. As always, you have the art before
Tu es muy amable! Gracias tanto para la reflexion seco y estar bien mi amigo. 🐻 abrazos! <3
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Beautiful photographs of the majestic grizzly bear – thank you to Cindy for posting and sharing these! Beautiful.
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Thank you to you for supporting the vulnerable 🐻🐻! <3
I love my bruins – they look cuddly…from a safe distance, at least!
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They do indeed, and a safe distance is key~
Amazing photos Cindy.
Ah, thanks much Barb~ 🐻
‘George the Grizzly’ recited this poem after being criticized for his large bald spot:
“Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
But Fuzzy Wuzzy didn’t care,
‘cuz Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear!”
Tee hee hee! Good for George! No 🐻 should face such bullying~ 😉
It must be sooo magical to be that close and personal with the bears! Thank you for sharing these fabulous photos xxx
It is and I seek it out because of this. Thank you for appreciating the 🐻🐻!
☺💖 xxx
Fabulous photographs. What an incredible experience that must have been for you!
It is up there on the list of life’s magical experiences. If we hadn’t killed off so many grizzlies, more people would have a chance to experience this~ 🐻
Guess all these experiences make you a grizzled veteran…
Tee hee hee! Yep. I think so but more from my decades as a psychotherapist !
Even more scary. I think if I spent decades as a psychotherapist I’d spend more decades needing a psychotherapist! Nice to see you’ve survived it well.
Exactly, but wild animals really are better therapists. Thank you for making me smile.
What a fantastic journey that must have been and what wonderful photos!
It was pretty remarkable! Cheers to you Dorothy and Happy New Year! 🐻
Awesome captures of the Grizzlies and especially from natural environment (than in captivity). I think they were having the best sushi (fresh right out of the water). Yes, I do hope their specie continues too.
They do get the very best sushi but they work for it! <3 🐟
Those are some lovely photos of the bears! I especially like the little captions at the bottom of the first three photos 🙂 It must be nice getting up close to such fascinating wildlife.
It is a wonderful experience and so pleased you enjoyed the 🐻🐻🐻!
These pictures give a feel for the personalities, just the fact these are sentient creatures. In a couple of the pictures one has a distinct facial expression, a bit worried looking.
I noticed a whole variety of personalities watching them, most were peaceful, a few appeared sad, others were playful, some youngsters focused on learning how to fish, some argued with each other, others were curious about the humans, and only one appeared overtly hostile when he looked into my lens. Thanks for noticing. They are definitely sentient, feeling, intelligent creatures~
Wow, amazing. That one bear was looking at you. 🙂
Yes they at times look directly at the camera lens. I have many photos of this. Perceptive of you to notice~
Magnificent creatures and beautiful photography. Here’s to a world with room for Grizzlies!
Love to you and all the goldens~ <3
I love bears. Every time I see one, I want to hug it. But I think a grizzly might not take too kindly to that 🙂
It’s 🐻y best to leave some relationships in the realm of fantasy!!! 🐻
Indeed! The trick is knowing which ones 🙂
Unfortunately, this is very true!
They don’t look too sleepy to me. 🙂
This was the September gorge during the salmon run. Now they are sleepy and quite grumpy if you wake them, much like me actually~ 🐻
I get grumpy if I’m woken, but since I hardly sleep it’s the case I’m pretty much perpetually grumpy
That is serious suffering. Chronic insomnia is really hard to deal with. There are solutions, but you are very smart and I am sure you have checked them out.
I live with it… My sleep hygiene is pretty good, but when I can’t sleep I’ll get out of bed. I’ve seen lots of very intriguing documentaries in the dark watches of the night. 🙂
Oh, glad to hear this, much better than chronic insomnia which is a bear (pun intended) to live with~
Beautiful and stunnig as always
kisses
Visa versa 2UX2 with 🐻hugs 2!
Amazing photos of such fascinating animals. Love bears.
I love people who love 🐻🐻🐻!
Thank you for these beautiful photographs!
Thank you for appreciating them Charles~ 🐻
Love the wading bear with ripples and the reflections.
Ah, thank you for noticing! I love getting the grizzlies reflected in the river~ 🐻
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That is also my sincere hope! Thanks for another wonderful post to highlight the beauty and “humanity,” if you will, of these amazing bears! <3
Maybe the zoomanity! They seem less destructive than our species. Thank you for seeing their sentient souls~ <3🐻
Beary beary impressive, my friend! ʕっ˘ڡ˘ςʔ ʕ ∗ •́ ڡ •̀ ∗ ʔ
🐻y nice of you ma’ deah! ʕっ˘ڡ˘ςʔ ʕ ∗ •́ ڡ •̀ ∗ ʔ
As always very nice pictures. It saddens me to hear that grizzlies are in danger of becoming extinct. Such magnificent creatures.
Thank you for caring about them Steph! 🐻
I second, third and fourth that. We were lucky to spot some grizzlies in Alaska many years ago when we visited with my kids – they were HUGE, gorging on berries and fish in preparation for winter (it was late August). Now I have to try to find my pictures!
Oh I would so love to see them and I am glad you had the opportunity to see them wild & free and peaceful which is how they usually are~ 🐻
Excellent photos – and excellent bears!
Love people who love 🐻🐻!
Again they have those really readable expressions on their faces – and I still love them… 🙂
Yes, they have evident moods and personalities. I am impressed you can see them!
🐻
I share your hope that they may survive and thrive… That no pipeline, fracking or other monstrosity will destroy their home… <3
We are in accord. Thank you on behalf of the 🐻🐻!
Absolutely stunning pictures, Cindy! 🙂
Is this about the fifth comment WP put in spam???? You are very kind and I am honored by your thoughtfulness. Thank you~
Cindy, I swear you are the … Mother of Nature Geographic!!!
I’ll be linking to your Owl post when I do my Owl post during Kids’ Month.
I’m also posting a Bear piece! I’d like to link this in on that post, if I may.
Your work is not just pretty pictures. It is educational.
You and I must meet my friend, some where, some time, in this great big world.You can post, use, do anything with any of my photos anytime and I will just be honored. Be well Resa~ <3
Stunning pictures of those majestic animals. Funny because my picture of the day tomorrow is a grizzly cub that I took in the Knight Inlet 🙂
I saw your cub! Wonderful shot of a beautiful little guy! 🐻
Awesome!!!!!!! we have moved to http://www.travelsupervisors.com so see you there!!
greetings!
Heading over now to check it out…..
Wow! Er, are you sure they’re sleeping, Cindy? 😀
Not when I took these pics, but they’re dozing now. Can’t guarantee they won’t get up for a snack. I would! 🐻
Better watch out then, Cindy. Lol. 😀🙃
If only we could leave them alone… it seems that being huge and magnificent does not keep you safe in the eyes of prize seeking humans. May Grizzlies always have a place where they can live in peace.
I am with the Elephant Seals now in Big Sur. The babies have been born. The males weigh up to 5000 pounds, and we drove them close to extinction. I have lived all my life in California and never saw them until recently. Now there are 23,000 on Big Sur’s coastline! Conservation regulation works Donald Trump~
Indeed! Only if Donald Trump and the likes could learn to think of others but himself…
5000 pound is just under 2500 kilos. That is 4 times a fully grown horse! Imagine meeting that head on in the water~
I saw a male that size in the water! The eyes looked like dinner plates! Just massive and so fast in the water~
!!! Just wow!
Wow, I’ve never seen one up close before!
It is an amazing experience!
Wunderschöne Fotos lieber Gruß und ein gutes Wochenende wünsche ich dir Gruß Gislinde
Vielen dank mein lieber Freund Gislinde! 🐻
Wonderful pictures. I’m glad that the grizzlies can sleep and dream in safety.
Yes that makes three of us, including the 🐻!
Beautiful grizzlies! Amazing.
The 🐻🐻 and I thank you!
I guess as long as we stay far from them, and let them do what grizzlies do, they are beautiful to the human eye! Nice photos, Cindy!
Yes, space, respect, common sense, and rule adherence are critical in bear country.
Have I told you lately how much I love your blog and photos? I truly do. Thanks for sharing them. They brighten up my days! 🙂
Ahhh, your kind thoughts just made my night! Cheers to you Chris & thank you~
I love this post! Do you think they would welcome me into their hibernation cave? 🐻
I am so sorry I missed this comment. It was in my wordpress spam filter. I think they might, for all the wrong reasons!!! Laughing….
LOL! I have put on about 7lbs of winter fat so they might find me tasty.
On the bright side, as you run away you might burn off all those added calories!
gorgeous and amazing photos!
Ah, you are a sweetheart! <3
xxx
OK Cindy– this is thrilling (and a little scary!!) that you can get such close up, detailed photos of these guys! They really are beautiful animals– so much better than seeing them in a zoo! Do they notice you taking photos?? I’m just a little worried for you! be careful!!
We were on specially designed grizzly viewing platforms similar to bird hides. Grizzlies definitely look directly into the camera lens. I got the sense they were curious about the strange looking creature with a big camera eye affixed to her face! ( •̀ ω•́ )
hey Cindy– so amazing to be right there with them– such majestic animals.
<3 <3
Bonjour ou Bonsoir CINDY que c’est beau ces images sur l’ours
Quand je suis de passage sur ton blog
Je le regarde et j’aperçois une grande lumière
Je me dis que sur celui-ci, j’ai une personne
avec de la gentillesse dans le cœur
Cette amitié est pour moi un paysage
Où on y viens qui efface les moindres petits nuages
L’amitié ce n’est pas un feu de bois, loin de là
C’est de partager ensemble
Des moments intenses de toute beauté
Merci à toi, d’être là
C’est un pur bonheur rempli de douceur
Passe une belle journée ou une belle soirée
Bisous , Bernard
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Merci beaucoup mon ami Bernard! Vous etes tres aimable! <3 <3
Thank you for your visit Cindy. I do appreciate it a lot. I consider you my very good friend. 🙂
I am honored to be your friend Ranu & be well! <3 <3
Never wakes sleeping bear, Cindy!! <3 This is such a playful and fun post of a genuinely interesting wild animal. I like stuffed toy bears but love real bears, even more!
From a reasonable distance of course! Hugs to you Robin & cheers too! ( ･ὢ･ )
I can “bearly” believe these pics Cuz ! Even with telephoto optics, you’re too close to a grizzly !!!!!! Nice pics though. 🙂
I was on a bear viewing platform so was quite safe. Besides they were so stuffed with salmon they couldn’t have cared less about me.
Lovely pictures of the grizzlies. Beauty is everywhere
Smiling! Yes beauty is everywhere and thank you~
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Great pictures…..Loved your blog! 🙂
Very happy you do and thank you sincerely! Lovely to meet you Pia~
LOVE this!
So happy you do & thank you for taking the time to tell me!
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