fbeaston wrote:
PS: I just finished a 6 week trip out West & up into Canada & I've started a series of posts on UHH, so I'm probably giving away something I planned to share later ... but this discussion has me thinking about bears ... we went to Yellowstone & at one point, saw a female Grizzly with her last year's cub chewing on a carcass. They seemed nervous which initially I thought was due to some Buffalo moving through ... but no, they paid no attention. Then 2 Gray Wolves moved in & I thought maybe that's what she was nervous about ... but no, paid little or no attention to them either. Then just as it was getting dark, over the hill came a very large male Grizzly!!!! And that was what she was thinking about. A male Grizzly will kill cubs to induce the female to come into season. We heard that the prior night, she had run off when the big boar came in. But this night, she ran off a short distance, then made a bee line for him. She always stayed between the boar & her cub but it was clear what she was looking for. At the same time, a Gray Wolf came in to watch. The light was poor & I was 250 yrds+ away ... but because I had a really good long lens & the magic of post-processing, I was able to get this shot. It's grainy, so not a great technical shot, but a wonderful view into the behavior of those creatures in the wild that we chase.
PS: I just finished a 6 week trip out West & ... (
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