The "Bear"

During the year of 2010, I had the opportunity to photograph three species of those bears that inhabit North America. The Black Bear, Brown Bear, and Grizzly Bear. I would love to photograph the remaining specie, the Polar Bear, however, to accomplish that task I would need to fly to the western and northern coast of Alaska. My primary objective was to photograph those species that can be obtained from our normal highway system. There is one, possibly two sub species of these bears that are found in southeast Alaska and western Canada. They would include the Cinnamon Bear and a nearly white bear that is known as the "Spirit Bear" in western Canada. This particular specie of bear could also be a sub-specie of the Brown or Grizzly Bear.

Black Bear Boar ~ Buffalo Bill State Park ~ Wyoming

Grizzly Sow ~ Shoshone River Valley ~ Wyoming

Grizzly Sow And Cub ~ Shoshone River Valley ~ Wyoming

Brown Bear ~ Hallo Bay, Alaska

Brown Bear ~ Hallo Bay, Alaska

Brown Bear ~ Hallo Bay, Alaska