
Fishing during the salmon run,

in the Knight Inlet,

British Columbia, Canada.

This set of four cubs was unusual. The smaller cubs will have a harder time in winter.

The bears congregate to gorge on salmon and pack on fat for the winter.

Fights break out over territory in the river,

but none we saw were serious.

The bears are extremely adept at swimming,

and seemed to enjoy taking rests in the cool water.

Even the cubs love to fish and eat!

This mama griz and cub we encountered on the trail in Glacier National Park. An inland bear and cub, not stuffed on salmon, is a far more threatening sight, and you can see mama go on high alert!

She soon relaxed, and even nursed in our presence, after she saw we kept our distance. (You can see these photos by clicking on the following links).
Cheers to you from the precious and endangered grizzlies of North America~
For more of my photos of coastal and inland grizzlies see:
https://cindyknoke.com/2015/09/17/grizzly-daze/
https://cindyknoke.com/2017/01/24/the-grizzlies-are-sleeping/
Note: I am going through photo archives and sharing select photos you may not have seen.
Wow! I am so impressed by these magnificent photos of the grizzly bears. They look so frighteningly close. I hope that you were shooting them with your zoom lens. We have grizzly bears in our mountains nearby. When hiking we always carry bells to alert them of our presence. Have a great Sunday, Cindy!
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Thank you Peter. I am glad you don’t hike alone and wear bells. We also carry bear spray and air horns. Air horns work very well with coyotes too. დ
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Wow Grizzlies look so different from Black bears (I follow Torfino photography who regularly takes shots of Black Bears). I felt quite scared looking at the grizzlies. They are sooo big!
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They are massive and they have have these huge shoulders with elongated front legs built for lethal swiping, plus they can move fast! დ
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Love them. Thanks for those wonderful pictures.
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Thank you more for appreciating them & cheers to you my friend დ
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Love the bears! Great pictures – reminds me that almost all bears are not interested in us, just want to live their lives!
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So true. I have seen lots of grizzlies in my life and thankfully none have been aggressive, however, I follow all safe bear country rules and keep my distance დ
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What impressive creatures! Thank you, Cindy, for bringing them up close for us. Just look at those claws — no wonder toy bear manufacturers don’t add something that scary to the paws of the critters they make for sale!
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Yes, they are not teddy bears are they! დ
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They’re so beautiful and majestic. Fabulous photos. The claws…omg the claws.
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The claws are so formidable aren’t they. She is equipped to defend that cub დ
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Fantastic photos Cindy. Our bears sure love their salmon.
(So do we)
Leslie xoxo
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Laughing…..The bears are purists and love salmon tartare! 😉
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😉
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These are beautiful photos of these bears, Cindy!
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Interesting photos
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Such wonderful photos. I would love to see this one day.
Alison
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Ah, I loved these photos.
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I ❤ people who ❤ bears! დ
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I’d love to see them … from a distance!
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Good for you for the distance & I hope you do! დ
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Great photo series, Cindy. Good to keep distance.
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Critically important to keep safe distance for both the bears and people დ
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Wow! Awesome photos! Looks like you were very close to them!
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Thanks much! We were close, but above them in the inlet, but quite a distance in Glacier. დ
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Amazing creatures!
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They are indeed დ
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Cindy, I could barely contain my love of these pictures. They are phenomenal. ❤
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Awww, thank you Colleen and stay well my friend დ
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Aren’t they photogenic, Cindy! Great pictures. –Curt
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Thanks much Curt and yes, they are always picture perfect! დ
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Cindy, thank you for these stunning photographs!
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Awesome pics, as usual, Cindy! We enjoy the world vicariously through your stunning work! Thank you!😁👍👏👏👏
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Thank you Charles. So appreciated! I am experiencing the world vicariously now too, since covid came to call დ
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Reblogged this on charles french words reading and writing and commented:
Here are stunning photographs from Cindy Knoke!
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Thank you Charles for supporting these magnificent and threatened creatures and stay well my friend დ
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I’ve never seen photos of grizzlies that close-up before! They are very powerful creatures. The first one actually looks quite winsome, but I’m sure it’s a case of you leave me alone, and I’ll leave you alone.
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“you leave me alone, and I’ll leave you alone.” That is a pretty good philosophy for lots of situations! 😉
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That was my parents’ mantra for dealing with stinging insects and biting animals. And yes, it also applies in the human world!
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It does 😉
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Nice photographs 👌👌
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Grazie დ
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Cool photos and great read Cindy!
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Cool photos and great read Cindy. Thanks
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You are most welcome Gary & cheers to you my friend დ
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Thank you for another beautiful dose of nature!
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Thank you for appreciating our Mother Jennie დ
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Always! Our Mother is ever-giving. You are welcome, Cindy. 🙂
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Such lovely photos of bears ❤️🐻 I like them very much, like all animals 🐱 🐇 🐼
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Thank you & good for you. 🐱 🐇 🐼 ❤
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Nice of you to take photos of my relatives. Glad to see they’re all alive and well
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I knew I liked you Gottfried, but I had no idea I liked your family as well! დ
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The big bears with lighter fur, I wonder if some just have that or are they the elders of the group?
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Good question. I think it is genetic, passed on from parents. დ
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I suppose when they come out of the water, they smell like a wet bear … as opposed to a wet dog. 🙂
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Laughing…..
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Beautiful captures
stay safe happy healthy and wealthy
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Thank you & the same to you Kanika დ
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🙏😊
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Wow! How near have you been to the Grizzlys?
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I always maintain safe viewing distance around grizzlies. I use telephoto lenses. The bears in the inlet were photographed from a wooden platform above the bears that is similar to a bird hide. We were quite safe above but close to the bears. დ
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A delightful post and beautiful pictures Cindy, a pleasure to read your post, kind regards.
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Thank you my friend. Miss all of you in Oz დ
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Dangerous Beauty!
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Yes, exactly. Nancy Milford wrote a book, “Savage Beauty,” about Edna St. Vincent Millay, the poet. The title comes up for me constantly. It is what nature is, and it is ethereal დ
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I did not read this book but it seems to me I feel what it that book about. Let me read it to find if I have right feeling. Wild is all the time beautiful. As you can see the same animals in Zoo look absolutely different. Freedom is the main source of Beauty!
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Yes. Animals in the zoo look completely different, depressed and despondent. There is no comparison to seeing animals in the wild. We understand each other დ
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What great pictures! I love the first one–can a grizzlie be cute? ‘Cause this one with his grizzlie fur sticking out as if he’d just pulled off a ski cap is sure cute. I hope those 4 cubs and their poor, frazzled mom survive the winter!
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Grizzlies can definitely be cute and beguiling, from a distance! 😉 I know those four cubs, and that mama-bear fishing so ceaselessly to bulk up, broke my heart. დ
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Such splendid creatures!
✨☀️🙏🕉️♾️☮️🙏☀️✨
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I ❤ people who ❤ grizzlies დ
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🙏✨
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They are beautiful animals but I wouldn’t want to cross paths with them. We did have a 400lb male black bear wander through our back garden this week. It caused quite the stir as we’re technically a city and have a reasonable dense population. It was a beauty!
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How thrilling! I hope you took some pics…. დ
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I did! I’ll have to include it in my next post. 🙂
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Oh yes, please do! I want to see them. დ
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Teddies!!!!
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Teddies with teeth! 😉
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LOVELY, wonderful 🐻
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So happy you enjoyed the bears and thank you for letting me know დ
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These photos are absolutely stunning. This is a truly impressive collection of grizzly bear shots.
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Thank you very much. It is such a joy to be in the presence of these magnificent creatures დ
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What beautiful creatures! How anyone could wish to kill them for amusement is beyond my understanding. You take such fabulous photos, Cindy! Thank you.
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It is such a different way of viewing creation and our call to protect all of it. I can’t get my head around it either დ
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🙂
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Such handsome critters. Lovely, clear photos.
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Thank you very much John დ
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Are these your photos.. very good
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Thank you & yes they are.
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Very good photographs – lovely to see the Grizzlies so close up. Seen them in a bear park but never in nature.
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Thank you. They are truly magnificent in their natural world. დ
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Wonderful photos, Cindy. Bears are such fascinating animals. A couple of years ago while staying in the Smokies, we watched a momma bear discipline her young’ns and also watched her looking up and watch us watching her. My granddaughters will never forget it.
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How especially wonderful that you could share this with your grandchildren დ
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Beautiful shots!
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Grazie mille! დ
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Merci de nous laisser approcher ces grizzlies.
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Vous êtes les bienvenus et je suis heureux que vous les aimiez! დ
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Awesome photos!
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Thank you very much Ileana & cheers to you დ
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Bears! ❤ ❤ ❤
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I ❤ people who ❤ bears!
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Hugs…Bear hugs, of course!
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I’m going to add some of these to our November issue. Beautiful.
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Thank you dear friend & stay safe and well დ
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What a wonderful experience, these are such special creatures.
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I ❤ my friends who ❤ grizzlies დ
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Classic shots. Beautifully taken.
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Honored. Thank you!
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