Horned Puffin

Kodiak

Territorial Dispute Between Two Sows with Cubs

Katmai National Park

Hello!

female brown bear Katmai National Park and Preserve

Feeding frenzy: bears and salmon

Katmai National Park

Intensity of the Hunt

a sow in pursuit of salmon Katmai National Park

Got it!

female brown bear with salmon Katmai National Park and Preserve

Cub with its ever-watchful mother

Katmai National Park and Preserve

focused on the hunt

Katmai National Park

A Successful Sow Climbs steep rocks to protect her catch

Katmai National Park

Bring It ON! Large sow with salmon roe beard

Katmai National Park and Preserve

Mother Kodiak bear teaching her cub how to hunt for intertabrates in the sand

Spring cubs

They were hiding in the bushes watching their mother fishing below.

Push/Pull: How a Kodiak bear eats a salmon, lacking a knife and fork.

note the roe in this female salmon - the orange/red specks in the fish.

Mother cub with salmon catch in a rainstorm

Katmai National Park

On the Hunt

a sow hunting salmon

Beautiful young cub on a bank of yellow

Katmai National Park

Shake it!

three bears fishing for salmon Katmai National Park, Alaska

Bear on the hunt, in the water

Katmai National Park Alaska

Alaskan bear digging into a female salmon with roe

Katmai National Park Alaska

Instruction and longing: when will I be able to fish like Mom?

Katmai National Park Alaska

Serenity

Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park Kodiak, Alaska