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Coastal Brown Bear

Ursus arctos horribilis

Photo by DonnaPomeroy
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The coastal Alaskan Brown Bear is among the largest of the the subspecies.

Habitat:

coastal Alaska

Notes:

Late summer salmon spawn attracts large numbers of Brown Bears to the stream mouths, where they fatten up on salmon before winter hibernation.

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Comments (14)
KarenL
Wow! Great capture Donna!
ChristyHolland
Very cool picture, Donna!! Seeing the "salmon fishing" (by both bears and eagles) is one of the dreams I've got...someday!!
Carol Snow Milne
Fantastic shot! The birds give it that little extra as well as the water.
Jared Hersch
Brilliant, this is really one of my favourite spottings, nice one!

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The Pacific Northwest Bioregion
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PublishedMarch 10, 2013

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