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A reflected brown bear coy (cub of the year), with a mouthful of grass, feeds in the high sedge grass by a small stream. Its protective mother is standing by, out of view, at the top of the stream bank. Sedge grass is a surprisingly good source of protein for the bears. Cook Inlet, Alaska.
30/10/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
A large Alaskan brown bear splashes though the shallow water on the mud flats in the pre-dawn light, nicely reflected in the water. Cook Inlet, Alaska.
29/10/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
A brown bear cub, sleeping on its mother's back in a sedge grass meadow, wakes up briefly and stretches out its front feet opening up its little claws. An out-of-focus cub to the far right was removed with generative fill/AI, giving a cleaner overall look. Cook Inlet, Alaska.
28/10/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
A reflected brown bear splashing along the mud flats along the shoreline at low tide before sunrise with the orange tones of the sky reflected in the water. Cook Inlet, Alaska.
27/10/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
A big, bright-eyed Alaskan brown bear, probably a male judging from the large hump, chews a mouthful of grass in a sedge grass meadow. He had just come up into the meadow after crossing a nearby stream, hence the high water mark. Silver Salmon Creek, Cook Inlet, Alaska.
26/10/2024 www.alllenfotowild.com
On a foggy morning, a pair of Alaskan brown bears greet each other on the beach in what appears to be a fond reunion. I'm guessing that the molting bear on the right is the sibling of, or the mother of an older cub on the left. Note the few bits of saliva from the mouth of the right-side bear and the head of the left-side bear tucked under the shoulder of the right-side bear. Cook Inlet, Alaska, Pacific Northwest.
25/10/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
On a foggy morning two brown bears make initial contact, meeting face to face on the beach. The one on the right has her ears back and is drooling saliva from a dropped bottom lip. Grass stalks and driftwood are in the background. Is a fight about to happen? Cook Inlet, Alaska.
24/10/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
An Alaskan brown bear approaches along the beach at high tide with waves hitting the shore. Dark brown hair is replacing the long summer-bleached hair that is falling out during the summer molt. This scruffy-looking bear is what the bear in previous posts was smelling. What will happen when they meet? Cook Inlet, Alaska.
23/10/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
A rim of saliva appears around the open mouth and dropped lower lip of this Alaska brown bear as she continues to track the source of an interesting scent across the sand. A driftwood tree and sea wrack litter the beach. Cook Inlet, Alaska.
22/10/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
On a foggy morning, an Alaskan brown bear sprays sand from her forepaws as she hurries down the beach to find the source of an interesting smell. Her ears are back and her lower lip is dropped and three of her paws are in the air. Grass stalks and wildflowers are in the background. Cook Inlet, Alaska.
21/10/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
On a foggy morning, sand grains fly as a brown bear skids down a sandy slope to the beach in pursuit of an smell picked up by her highly sensitive nose. Note her dropped lower lip and the laid back ears. Cook Inlet, Alaska.
20/10/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
The only other mammal I saw near Silver Salmon Creek on Cook Inlet, besides the brown bears, was this wild coyote skedaddling along the shoreline. Because of its speed and sudden appearance the sharpness of the photo is not ideal. Alaska.
19/10/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
A brown bear, surrounded by grass stalks and wildflowers, stands on a small rise and overlooks a beach on an overcast morning. Her hanging lower lip and flattened ears suggest an alertness to possible danger in the area. Cook Inlet, Alaska.
18/10/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
A cute brown bear cub, with a grass stalk in its mouth, sits in a sedge grass meadow and engages briefly with the camera; it's mother was nearby. Coastal sedge grass meadows are a major source of nutrition for the bears prior to the start of the late summer salmon season. Lake Clark National Park. (best larger)
19/09/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
In yesterday's image an Alaskan brown bear cub was receiving a lesson from its mom called "stand up on your hind legs and look around for danger". Later I captured images of the cub that appeared to be practicing the lesson and getting pretty good at it. Lake Clark National Park.
18/09/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
While feeding in a sedge grass meadow, a cute Alaskan brown bear cub learns a valuable lesson from its mother. Lesson for today: stand up on your hind legs and look around for danger. Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
17/09/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
A mother brown bear and her cub hang out and feed in a sedge grass meadow by a stream as they wait for the fall salmon run in the local river. A Sitka spruce forest rises from the meadow backed by Slope Mountain (3800 ft) that still retains some patches of snow. Lake Clark National Park.
16/09/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
On a lovely sunny blue-sky day, making nice dark shadows, a pair of coastal brown bear siblings stroll along the beach in an idyllic Alaska landscape with tall sedge grass stalks, Sitka spruce and a distant mountain with snow patches. Lake Clark National Park.
13/09/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
A pair of fluffy blond brown bear yearling cubs, resting together in a grassy meadow, strike a cute pose for a portrait as they look up with their bright eyes. Thay are catching a nice bit of rim light. Silver Salmon Creek; Cook Inlet, Alaska.
08/09/2024 www.allenfotowild.com
Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear
Silver Salmon Creek, Alaska
Coastal Brown Bear strolling the coast for scraps and clams.