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This lone bear was feasting on all the salmon carcasses that were on the riverbank. The gulls had virtually no fear of the bear, and would get very close to it to get some salmon meat. One time I did see the bear swipe at them in annoyance because they were picking at all the salmon near it.
River far from town with lots of dead salmon carcasses on the shore
The abundance of salmon is possibly one reason why Kodiak bears are larger than other bears.
Spotted on Oct 16, 2019
Submitted on Nov 26, 2019
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Congrats Machi for the SOTW!
Wow thanks for all the nice comments and SOTW!
Congrats Machi!
Congratulations Machi. Well done, and a great entry for the 2019 Best Wildlife photo.
congrats, great spotting(:
Great series Machi,congrats on the well deserved SOTW and thanks for sharing
Congrats, Machi, your spotting has been voted Spotting of the Week!
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Thanks Antonio and Maria! And Maria, it is actually a common sight here in the summers and early fall. The abundance of salmon has the gulls and bears flocking to the same spots.
Very cool spotting; I don't think I've ever seen a bear surrounded by gulls like that before.
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated
Oops thanks for pointing that out arne. I had been posting a lot of mushroom photos lately and must have been on autopilot.
I found this spotting of a big bear connected to mission Mushroom Mapping and Fungus of America ?????
Thank you so much Mark and Tukup!
Stunningly beautiful spotting. Thank you for this.
Great series Machi. What an experience to be able to what all that. Thanks for sharing it.