Lost Fish

Hey, I'm looking for my fish have you seen it? About this high, silver, spots on the tail ...anything?

Great Horned Owl juvenile

When you are standing close to an Owl that you didn't know was there. What I didn't realize was there were three juveniles. Funny the look this one gave me as I was working my way to one of its siblings.

Braveheart

An offspring of Trump's from 2019 which was no big surprise as he is just like Momma, bold and unafraid. The camera makes him look big here partly because of the angle up. I was focused on a few shorebirds when my friends said, "we’ve got company"

Bubble Bath Bear

She had just come from the waterfall where this delightful foam build up was. The foam is caused by high levels of organic matter in the stream.

Bubble baths are for Bears too.

Fresh out of the bubble bath Georgina my favourite bear prefers to leave the foam on. Who is going to tell her to rinse off? : ) The foam is caused by high amounts of decomposing organic plant matter this makes the water in a stream brown. A healthy ecosystem upstream like a bog or fen produces the large amount of decaying organics.. Foam is produced as air, introduced in the turbulence of stream riffles, below waterfalls bubbles to the water surface.

Red Fox Kit sunset.

The sun was going down while these little guys were running around. Mom was hunting she did make it back for bedtime.

Red Fox Kit

It as been a year or more since I posted Foxes. During my photo editing I came aross this cutie.

Roosevelt Elk female

At Rest.

We found lots of Elk today this female was resting with a small harem of other females and their young.

Siesta

The Bear, formerly known as Scruffy, has an afternoon nap. I don't feel I can call her Scruffy now as she looks so good this year.

Jumping Salmon

Funny story, this woman was copying everything I did. If I found a good spot as soon as I moved, she was in it. Not very original on her part and a wee bit annoying. Fish were jumping, so I set my camera up, and in two shots, I got this. Fortunate, very! She said, let me see, so I showed her then for the remainder of the afternoon she tried to outshoot me. Kept her busy, lol.

Fishing

The Bear was wandering upstream checking out the more likely spots to catch a salmon.

The Girls

Part of a harem from one of the north island herds.

Where did the fish go?

Big fish and a big bear kick up some water during the chase.

River fishing.

The bear has a large salmon which was being obscured by the root. I was about to reposition myself to get a clear shot then thought why? I don't think most people want to see a chewed up salmon. Personally I don't want to show it.

Something different.

I had the time to try different angles and came up with this. What you can't see is there is a small waterfall in front of the bear.

Wrapped

The Sea Otters will roll horizontally to anchor themselves in the kelp beds. This sweetheart managed to anchor in the kelp and keep her upper body dry.

A couple of cuties.

Two Sea Otters wrapped in kelp check us out.

Boo

Grumpy foraging amoung the rocks hoping for a meal.

A Portrait of Grumpy Bear

He is very mild-mannered and a bit curious. I named him Grumpy because of his stern looks. We were lying on the ground attempting low-level photography when a shorebird dropped in. Grumpy came over to see what the heck we were doing, then sat watched us, then laid down and eventually fell asleep pretty dull stuff for a big bear.

Sleepy

Scruffy takes a few minutes to nap, watching for salmon is exhausting.

The bear formerly known as Scruffy.

Scruffy is looking healthier than I have ever seen her. She hasn't had any cubs since 2018. By not sharing her food she as blossomed into a beautiful senior bear.

Spot (2)

It didn't matter what angle I used. She looks good from all sides. Nice to see an old friend :)

Spot

We hadn’t seen Spot since last summer, she is looking good!