August 3 2009 Grizzly Tour



Today we drove right past a blond-brown stump, we couldn't see for sure because of the distance. We turned around to check with binoculars, and the stump had moved. As we got closer we realized it was a grizzly bear, and as we poked our hull into the shallows, we saw her cub-of-the-year hiding, or playing behind a log. A strong west wind made it difficult to safely get close to the shallow shore, but we set the anchor, it held in the wind in 2 mteres of water. With binoculars our guests got a good peak. The cub lay on its back and pumped 4 feet in the air, perhaps playing with the deer flys, or just rolling around for a back scratch. After Mom had grazed along the grassy beach, and the cub scrambled to catch up and they faded off into the forest. A great sighting in a difficult wind.
Once in the cove we immediately spotted a bigger female along the beach. We loaded into our flat bottom super-skiff and Derek managed to drift along side her as she investigated rocks and logs, munched on grass, and generally posed for pictures. We want the thank her for turning to both sides.
Everyone is waiting for salmon. The hoped for masses of fish have not arrived. 15 million fry went to sea, surely 2% will return. No one knows. Meanwhile the bears munch on grass, roll rocks for eels and gingerly (joke) pick berries. Actually when they eat elderberries, they pull the whole trees down.



BIRDS:
numerous bald eagles
rhinoceros auklets
marbled murrelets
Caspian terns
Bonepart gulls

MARINE MAMMALS:
harbour seals
harbour porpoise
dolphins
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Grizzly bear viewing report from Tide Rip Grizzly Tours, Telegraph Cove, British Columbia.
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2 comments:

Zac Peters said...

It was quite a day; I was really impressed with the way the guides handled the boats. We are already booked for next year with our German relatives.
Zac

Ronald_van_den_Tol said...

We had a few weeks ago a wonderfull trip with a perfect guide.
Porpoises, dolphins and a suckling bear cub!
Thanks