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Black bear

Ursus americanus

Description:

Black bear cub up a tree by the car park to the trail.

Habitat:

Great Smoky mountains

Notes:

No sign of mom but 3 park rangers were on hand in case she appeared!

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5 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks guys! Yes, a very lucky spotting!

jamiehagwood
jamiehagwood 11 years ago

thats so cool! they are really rare in the mountains actually and a majority are found out by the coast of NC where i live!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Beautiful!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

What a lucky spotting!

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

wow cool :)

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Oct 11, 2012
Submitted on Oct 12, 2012

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