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Black tailed deer


Grizzly mother and cub


Grizzly cub



Grizzly mother and cubs



Grizzly mother and cubs


Another couple of days have gone by, los of new and familiar sightings, lots of orca is in the area at the moment due to the rising amount of salmon.Yesterday we went back to Glendale Cove in Knight Inlet to see the grizzly bears.



Grizzly mother and cub

Once again a great day, a total of 16 grizzlybears where 9 were cubs and 3 black bears! I had my heart break when we discovered a grizzly cub, lying in the water, crying a heartbreaking cry for help. It had been injured - probably by a male grzzly -and most likely wouldn't survive.

Hurt grizzly cub

We thought and maybe secretly hoped that the rising tide would put it out of it's misery, but we came back about an hour later and it had climbed on a log and was still crying. As a human and an animal lover it is very difficult to sometimes let nature take it's walk, especially when it involves babies, but had we done anythbing to save the grizzly cub, that would probably have been the last thing we would do as the mother grizzly was watching secretly behind the trees and bushes, most definately wanting to protect the hurt baby bear. It is often seen that the male grizzly will attack the cubs, in order to make the female grizzly 'open' for mating again, and that will only happen if she has no cubs. The male grizzly will be alone except for the mating and if you see a male grizzly, it is very certain that no other female grizzly bear will be there.

Grizzly mother and cub, hanging around the hurt cub.



Grizzly eating grass



Bald eagle almost matured

On our way back to Port McNeill, we spotted a young black bear on a rock wall just on the water, eating mussels. You can get really close to them if you stay quiet. They have very poor eyesight but very good hearing. The sound of a camera or a boat engine will not scare it away, but a branch cracking in the forest will make it run almost emidiately. We were close enough to hear the scratching on the rocks with its paws! He was lookinig directly at us, but you could see that he didn't really see us. Amazing!

Black bear eating along the shore

About 15 minutes later, we saw two big black bears on a little tiny island, eating huckleberries, hanging out and climbing trees. It's amazing to watch them so close as if you weren't there.

Black bear eating berries

I am living, smelling, hearing and experiencing Naional Geographic Channel every day and loving every bit of it.