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55 images of an Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear Golden Female and her Cubs, with scenics, portraits and behavioral shots including the two cubs play-fighting near Silver Salmon Creek.
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Brown Bear Golden Female Climbing Bank X2790
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Brown Bear Golden Female Climbing Bank X2793
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A golden female Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear climbing the bank at Silver Salmon Creek.
The Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear lives in the coastal areas, as the name suggests. The southern coast of Alaska has seasonal spawning runs of the five Pacific Salmon, as well as a milder climate and a rich array of vegetation that allows the bears to grow larger and live in denser populations than their inland cousins the Grizzly Bear, which are otherwise classified as the same species. The Brown Bear ranges in color from a dark brown through a light blond, and has a noticeable hump atop the shoulders.
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A Coastal Brown Bear cub follows his mother up the bank at Silver Salmon Creek.
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Brown Bear Golden Female X2799
A golden female Coastal Brown Bear strides beside her cub at Silver Salmon Creek.
Silver Salmon Creek is in Lake Clark National Park, at the bottom of the Alaska Peninsula in southwestern Alaska, on the west side of Cook Inlet between Chinitna Bay and Tuxedni Bay. Located 100 miles south of Anchorage, Alaska, it is accessible only by boat or float plane.
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Brown Bear Golden Female HS2238
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Brown Bear Cubs HS2243
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A golden female Coastal Brown Bear browses in the grass with her cubs alongside Silver Salmon Creek.
Brown Bear Cubs HS2240 16x9
The darker cub on the left is the timid cub, and the lighter cub on the right is the adventurous cub. The cubs definitely had distinct personalities (or ‘bearsonalities’ if you’ll allow me to coin a phrase). Some of their antics can be seen further below and on the Golden Female Teaching her Cubs page.
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Brown Bear Golden Female X2801 M
The cubs lagged behind their mother a bit, and she stopped to wait for them to catch up.
Cubs are constantly supervised by their fiercely protective mothers. Do not get between them.
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Brown Bear Golden Female and Cub X2802
The golden female Coastal Brown Bear and the adventurous cub wait for the timid cub.
Cubs are born in the den in January and February. Twins are most common, but litters range from one to four. When they emerge in June, cubs weigh about 15 pounds, and they gain weight rapidly on a diet of berries, sedge grass, flowers, nuts and Salmon.
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Brown Bear Golden Female X2803
A golden female Brown Bear browsing in the grass beside Silver Salmon Creek.
Brown Bears are one of the most omnivorous of animals, and tend to consume a wide variety of foods. They eat a variety of plants including berries, sedge grass, flowers, nuts, pine cones, roots and shoots. Bears also eat winter-provided carrion, insects and grubs, birds and eggs, rodents, clams and crabs, but Coastal Brown Bears feed mostly on Salmon during the five salmon spawning runs, deriving most of their nutrition from the fish and eggs. The nutritious diet and the abundance of fish in the area make Alaskan Coastal Brown Bears larger than their inland Grizzly cousins (males are larger than females).
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Brown Bear Cub X2821
The timid cub carefully approaches his more adventurous brother...
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Brown Bear Cubs Playing X2823 M
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Brown Bear Cubs Playing X2824 M
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... who apparently decides a challenge is in order, and begins an entertaining play-fight.
Brown Bear Cubs Playing X2825 M
Bear cubs practice combat in mild play-fights like this, batting each other with their paws, grabbing at each other, growling and roaring, and pretending that they are going to bite.
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Brown Bear Cubs Playing X2826 M
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Brown Bear Cubs Playing X2827 M
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The timid cub (on the left) seemed to hold his own fairly well, but the adventurous cub was more aggressive.
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Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear cubs confront each other during a play-fight at Silver Salmon Creek.
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Brown Bear Cubs Playing X2831 M
The timid cub (left) makes a rare aggressive move...
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Brown Bear Cubs Playing X2833
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Brown Bear Cubs Playing X2836
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... and the adventurous cub responds with a flurry of paw strikes as the timid cub ducks away.
Brown Bear Cubs Playing X2840 M
The timid cub submits while the adventurous cub roars at him. Their roar is more like a squawk.
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Brown Bear Cubs Playing XXXL
A 1600 x 1032 version of the XXXL Composite (12015 x 7435) showing Brown Bear Cubs play-fighting at Silver Salmon Creek.
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Brown Bear Golden Female and Cubs X2849
The golden female gathers up her cubs after their play-combat and leads them upstream.
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Brown Bear Golden Female and Cubs X2852
The cubs decide that they can better keep up with Mom on shore. They run after her, but as she goes around a bend they decide to take the short cut across the creek. Mom knows walking is faster than swimming, and waits for her cubs to catch up.
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Brown Bear Golden Female and Cubs X2853
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Brown Bear Golden Female and Cub X2855
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Brown Bear Golden Female at Sunset X3075
A golden female Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear gazes into the setting sun at Silver Salmon Creek.
More images from this sequence can be seen on the Golden Female Teaching her Cubs page.
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Brown Bear Cub at Sunset HS2302
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Brown Bear Golden Female and Cub HS2306
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The timid cub approaches his mother, who is standing to look over the grass at the adventurous cub.
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Brown Bear Golden Female and Cub HS2308c M
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Brown Bear Golden Female and Cub HS2310c M
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As the cub comes closer, Mom turns her attention towards him... which was the idea all along of course.
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Brown Bear Golden Female and Cubs HS2313
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Brown Bear Golden Female and Cubs HS2314
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As the adventurous cub arrives, the golden female leads them upstream to teach them how to fish.
Brown Bear Golden Female Teaching Cubs X3175
The golden female Brown Bear looks at the photographer while teaching her cubs to fish.
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Brown Bear Golden Female at Sunset X3201
... later, the golden female leaves the water to gather her cubs and head to a spot further upstream.
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Brown Bear Golden Female at Sunset X3205 M
A golden female Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear in Silver Salmon Creek at sunset.
More images from this sequence can be seen on the Golden Female Teaching her Cubs page.
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Eagles Puffins Assorted Shorebirds
Avocets, Stilts and Yellowlegs Rodents
Alaskan Scenic
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Brown Bear Golden Female at Sunset X3215
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Brown Bear Golden Female at Sunset X3216
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The golden female leads her cubs up Silver Salmon Creek into the setting sun.
Brown Bear Golden Female at Sunset X3217
The golden female Coastal Brown Bear peers into the sedge grass in beautiful light at sunset.
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Brown Bear Cub at Sunset X3219
The adventurous cub follows closely behind Mom...
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Brown Bear Cub at Sunset X3220 M
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Brown Bear Cub at Sunset X3222 M
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... while the timid cub decided to follow on the other side of the creek, directly toward the photographer.
Brown Bear Cub at Sunset X3227 M
A close portrait of an Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear cub at sunset.
The path the timid cub used passed right beside me, which unfortunately put me in between the mother and her cub for a while, including the moments during which I took the shots above. Getting between a mother and her cubs is a bad idea, as they are very protective, but she was used to me and didn’t react.
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Brown Bear Golden Female at Sunset X3232
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Brown Bear Golden Female at Sunset X3236
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Close portraits of a golden female Coastal Brown Bear at sunset beside Silver Salmon Creek.
Brown Bear Golden Female at Sunset X3236c M
This detail crop from image 3236 of a golden female Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear shows the image quality you can expect from a full size SXL (click for 1500 pixel version).
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Alaskan Scenic
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Brown Bear Golden Female at Sunset X3234
A close portrait of a golden female Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear at sunset.
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Brown Bear Cub at Sunset X3240
The adventurous cub stepping through the marsh behind his mother at sunset.
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Brown Bear Cubs at Sunset X3242
The timid cub (left) and adventurous cub follow their mother through the marsh at sunset.
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Brown Bear Golden Female and Cub X3244
The adventurous cub browses in the sedge grass as the golden female watches the timid cub.
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Brown Bear Golden Female and Cub X3245
The adventurous cub starts to head out as mom keeps watching for the timid cub.
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Brown Bear Golden Female and Cub X3247
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Brown Bear Cubs at Sunset X3256
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The golden female and adventurous cub wait for the timid cub, who finally arrives, and they head upstream.
Brown Bear Cub in Sedge Grass X3734c M
The adventurous Coastal Brown Bear cub in the sedge grass, three days later at mid-morning.
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Brown Bear Cub in Sedge Grass X3737
A closeup of the adventurous Coastal Brown Bear cub in the sedge grass at Silver Salmon Creek.
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Eagles Puffins Assorted Shorebirds
Avocets, Stilts and Yellowlegs Rodents
Alaskan Scenic
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Click the Display Composite above to visit the Brown Bear: Golden Female Teaching Cubs page.
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