I found this female at the south end of Fortune Channel! I had gone past this spot not 10 minutes before but she wasn’t there then? She seemed apprehensive of me,so I didn’t push my luck! Maybe she had just woke up and hadn’t had her coffee yet?
FIRST BOO BOO OF THE YEAR!
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Aw, hi sugar bear! We are your friends!! We love you.
I do believe you were a bear in your former life Annette! First cub of the year I will name after you.
I shall be honored
Look at her eyes, she really needs her coffee.
She seemed perturbed with me,so I didn’t hang around.
I love this bear. Shared on Facebook.
She does get around! I’m waiting for this years crop of cubs but suspect there will be few as last falls salmon run was poor.
That’s interesting. Can bears control their fertility rate according to the food supply?
yes,this helps them survive! No point in having a party in the woods If there way too many bears and all the food disappears too quickly!
https://yellowstonebearworld.com/what-is-delayed-implantation
Thanks! That’s brilliant!
Nature does have it’s own way. The salmon season last Fall was poor. So I’m not expecting very many cubs this year?
She looks rather grumpy, and I think, she urgently needs some coffee, too.
She stopped overturning the rocks and just stared at me. Whenever they do that I back away. It means they do not know me.She’ll get use to me in a few months.
She does look a bit grumpy! Maybe that should be her name?
she just didn’t know who or what I was. She was eating baby crabs and didn’t like being disturbed.
She has a very interesting face, Wayne
Yes,did you notice the two parallel scars on her mussel?
Next time you need to bring her some coffee and one of those raven danish! She’d perk right up! ;)
last thing I need Sabine is a Bear on caffeine!
People are grumpy enough!
You’re probably right, Wayne!
She does look a tad bleary eyed … perhaps she just woke up from her Winter nap or was eating fermented berries? :)
Isn’t April 5 an early date for a bear to be out and about? She does not look very happy. Wonder what woke her up? Hunger? Fright? She’s not going to tell us, is she?
like with most species you’ll have early risers,normal and late risers I bet.
This old girl is a early riser and she didn’t know me so she was watching me intently. When they get that way I back off because I do not want to scare them into the forest. Much harder to take pictures of bears that are not there.