Saturday, July 8, 2023

Bears...Bears...and More Bears!

 

The salmon run has just started...and the bears are slowly appearing at Brooks Falls...

901 showing off her new triplets! (above)


94...who had quads last year...then lost one to one of the big males...reappeared with only two yearlings this season...apparently losing another during hibernation.

128 (Grazer) is back...but her yearlings and her two year old are on their own now.

151 (Walker) has also made an appearance.

747 (Colbert) and winner of last year's Fat Bear Contest...is in fine form and already fishing.

856 (which someone named Cuddles) is also back.


And the "Beady-Bunch" have arrived. Named as last year this mother and her cub (now a yearling) adopted the sister's orphaned cub nursing her and saving her life. They are just a solid family unit, now.


The underwater cam shows the salmon bunching and getting ready for the falls.

With some early ones already jumping!

Follow along at the live cams at Brooks Falls Bears

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