In a year of low fish returns we still manage to have a good day viewing a few bears. We arrived at the stands to see a Mom with c-o-y "Pinokio". Pinokio is a long snotted female cub who waits for Mom to catch a fish, or scratch up a carcass off the stream bottom, then she dives in for her share. Mom snares and batts her to keep it all, and snaps, "Get your own!". They wander up and down the stream, while another 2 bears come by to check out the hot spots. At a distance a beautifully coloured handsome male comes along the river, and dives into a small school of salmon, trying to chase fish up onto the gravel bar. The fish scatter into the shelter of a log jam. So handsome bear sits down and eyes the shadows, waiting for the salmon to relax and move out onto the spawning gravel. The bears head waves back and forth. Suddenly he jumps and and pounces! No luck, not enough fish to create panic, they recede back under the log jam. Handsome bear sits down again; our video cameras have captured some great action. On the way out in the bus someone in the back shouts, "Bear in the channel to the right". It's a big badass male, sulking along under the branches over hanging the channel edge. We open the van door so Mike from Victoria who has a bazooka lens can make the most of it. He gets a great shot of sulky bear with huge claws... Later everyone gives him their email addresses, hoping for a copy of his best shots.
BEARS:
5 grizzly bears
3 black bears
BIRDS:
numerous bald eagles
rhinoceros auklets
marbled murrelets
flock of snow geese heading east
Bonepart gull
surf and white winged scoters
MARINE MAMMALS:
harbour seals
harbour porpoise
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Grizzly bear viewing report from Tide Rip Grizzly Tours, Telegraph Cove, British Columbia.
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