The Bears are emerging from their dens,walking about,scratching their butts and looking for their first cup of joe!
Ok,so maybe not walking about or searching for a cup of joe but defiantly scratching their butts!
I went out searching for some and was surprised to actually find one, as it was high tide and they prefer low tide. At Low tide they can overturn the rocks and get all the baby crabs! They eat hundreds a day! I think the reason why our Coastal bears all have such shiny coats is because of this daily crab diet!
So, I found this adult female in Dawley pass near the south end of Fortune channel. She doesn’t know me,so I kept my distance. It’s when the ears flatten that you know a bear is getting anxious.
I did see a second bear but it was too far away and I couldn’t get closer.
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Hey BooBoo, where’s Yogi? Gorgeous shots, Wayne, must be nice to see the bears waking from their winter slumber! Crab fest here we come!
Yes, they are prowling about! They suck up the baby crabs like a vacuum!
You know that saying? Sometimes you gets the bear, sometimes the bear gets you? Hooray Wayne! You got the bear. Lovely capture
thank you Babsje! I got lucky!
I hope they have a better year this time. Too many got into trouble around Tofino last summer, as I recall. Maybe the “heat dome” meant less food, so they went foraging close to humans. Never a good idea.
We have affected the environment so much that many species are being impacted by low food source. So they naturally look around,which means some of them will come into town. We just had more then normal last year.
She looks quite pleased to be out of hibernation.
I imagine she was Liz! Even the Grizzly’s up on Grouse just cam out!
https://www.kamloopsbcnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/PHOTOS_Grouse_Mountain_grizzly_bears_wake_up_from_their_longest_hibernation_ever/#:~:text=Two%20beloved%20residents%20of%20Grouse,Mountain%20Refuge%20for%20Endangered%20Wildlife.
I just checked out the link. Those bears are some happy!
How delightful to meet this sweet young lady!
I know your a BIG Bruin fan Annette!
She looks healthy and well after her winter nap. I hope all the bears have a good summer. Cheers.
Me too Lynette, with lots of cubs bouncing about!
It’s amazing how many animals know you.
Well I kind of hang out with them a lot Anne.
I can always tell a bear that knows me,…they don’t pay any attention to me.
Just think! The ideal is to be ignored!
sort of,I need to see the eyes, which means It has to look at me. The Bears that know me are harder to take pictures of because they do not look at me but they do not run away.
She’s looking good despite only just comming out of a very long nap!
Yes,she looks pretty good Emma! I think those baby crab help in that? They make the coats shine. I saw a bear last Fall that had the blackest fur I’ve ever seen! It was like looking into a black hole!
Wonderful
Her ears aren’t flat, so that’s a good sign she might be friendly to you. Welcome spring and baby bears!
Bears that know me tolerate my presence. I’ve done nothing alarming, so they can live with that.
Win-win.
She is a pretty bear. Hopefully she will get to know you over time.
Hi Wayne, it’s lovely to see a picture of a bear. It is nearly summer. This is a very handsome looking bear.
I may end up calling her “Spot”?
Because of that small white spot on her forehead.
A great name.
Good looking bear…excellent, crisp shots. Wondering how close you are, Wayne? Assume they are more interested in foraging than worrying about you.
that’s the trick Jane,I always approach from the water in my boat. They are far less threatened.
I was about 30 feet.
She’s so pretty! Great shots. 😊
thank you Dawn!
Not the heavy bears like last fall, but she looks healthy. Nice to see.
I have always liked bears and last year we had lots more sightings of bears in the Okanagan. My son loves them and it was his dream even at a young age to go up around Prince Rupert to see the spirit bears. We both enjoy your bear photos.
the Komodo bear is an interesting subspecies of the black bear. There are 16 subspecies of Black Bear in North America with 5 being found in BC.
However,I would suggest that the Vancouver island black bear is a unique subspecies and should be added to make it 6 subspecies of black bear in BC. They look different then their mainland cousins. They have a blacker nose/mouth area. Where as their cousins on the mainland have more of a brown colour.
They estimate that there are around 15000 black bears in BC.
Have you both been up to see a Komodo yet?
I have made a few trips that were work related to Prince Rupert – a long time ago. Unfortunately no trips yet up to see a komodo. Have you?
Hello, pretty girl! I hope conservation efforts are working and we’ll see less human/bear interactions now. They’re too beautiful to be destroyed.
Great captures, Wayne! Animals sure know how to eat healthily. With all the salmon and other seafood it’s no wonder that their coat is so shiny!
Oh yes🐻special to me☺️🙏thanks for sharing all your beauty and nature Wayne🕊smiles hedy
my pleasure Hedy!
Oh, boy – bear season. My favorite!
yes,my furry friends are back!
Funny, just before you mentioned the Coastal bears dining on seafood and having shiny coats, I had thought that first picture the bear’s fur was extra shiny. This bear posed with mouth open and closed – you must’ve made an impression on her.
I did make an impression on her…..wether it was good or bad I will see?
Well let’s hope it turns into a long-time favorable relationship like Peggy and Piglet … I hope you run into them one day as I enjoyed those pictures and stories.
Piglet is old enough now to have her own cubs. She said bye to her mother 5 years ago. If I come across Piglet and she has a cub,she most likely will not be afraid of me. The new cub becomes familiar with me and will eventually repeat the cycle.
That’s right – it was Piglet II I “met” through your blog. I have only been following you since January 2018. I hope you see Piglet if she is with a cub(s).
Great shots but don’t get closer… 😉
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you were busy reblogging Michael,thank you!
Aww. this last photo is so heart touching, even thought nobody really knows either she is watching a friend, or her next dinner. Lol xx Michael
she’d never hurt me, she actually ran into the forest