Black Bear - Ursus americanus, Anan Creek, Alaska

Black Bear seen at Anan Creek wildlife viewing site. This site is quite close to Wrangell, Alaska and can be reached via boat or float plane. From the shore it is a ten minute walk to the viewing platforms.

More pictures can be seen here: www.davidarmitage.net/Nature/Anan-Creek-Alaska-2013



A Black Bear peers out from the rocks at the rivers edge. Anan Creek.

A Black Bear cub waits for Mum at the rivers edge. Anan Creek.

Badgers and Bears

Meles Meles and Ursus arctos in the space of a week ...

Ursus arctos - Brown Bear at Pack Creek Alaska Meles Meles - Badger.

Black Bear and a Bald Eagle, Hyder, Alaska

A Black Bear face filling the frame - probably would prefer only the black coat in the bg and may well have an image that allows this. Black Bears were thick on the ground in Stewart, BC and Hyder, Alaska.

Grey Wolf - Canis lupus, Fish Creek, Alaska

In the brief experience of taking pictures of wild creatures it never seems to work out when one tries to relocate once something is infront of you. It's much better to stay put and let the creature come back round to where you are.

This sequence is an exception, we should of moved for a better angle. Oh well, next time ...

Brown Bear, Fish Creek, Alaska