These pictures are from my first trip to Alaska back in ‘21. We were hiking to a glacier when we spotted some activity in the distance as we came up over a hill. Knowing where we were, we stopped in our tracks and backed up a little. We’d found a mama bear and her cubs. She had treed the cubs to chase off a porcupine, which was quite a sight. I grabbed the strongest lense in my camera bag and laid on my stomach at the crest of the hill and captured some of the best pictures I’ve ever taken. It looks like I’m a LOT closer to these bears than I am. The lense and camera are just that good.
She’s just chased off the porcupine and is making sure it kept going.
Then she returned to the tree to pull her cubs back down.
I’m not sure if the cub saw us or if this was just a super lucky shot.
Although the glacier was gorgeous, it was almost anticlimactic after this.
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@beermeplease Black bears aren’t typically aggressive like brown bears. We made sure we were way off in the distance and that she had clear ways out. We had bear spray as a precaution, but you always want that to be the last resort.
@BamPow true...i once lived in bear and cougar country...i was surprised we as kids were allowed to play in their "hood" unsupervised...but that was back then...i'm a city folk now. well, we still have coyotes and 'coons....that's why my kitty stays inside
