Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
Workers and volunteers use mule trains to get supplies into the national forest/park as motorized vehicles are not allowed. It does make hiking the trails when they are there VERY INTERESTING. It became a mine field of poo as well as so very skinny bypasses. But we are grateful for their work.
What a treat to have such dappled sunlight on the trail this am.
Got this fun shot of a baby grey whale at whale cove on the Oregon coast. It was swimming with its mom and at the time we thought it was the tale of one and the other’s face. But later we learned from a docent that these huge whales can curve up like a banana (or more). So now I think it was just the baby. WE were so surprised how close to the rock they kept.
You can see all of the red fish swimming around him. He actually catches one this time.
He’s pushing it to the ground to gain control. The seagulls seem to know when a bear has caught one and begin swooping down.
The fish is still flipping and flopping wildly.
You could hear the crunching of bones…we were THAT CLOSE! This bear ate it right there on the spot…
On almost every walkable part of shore there was a bear (or three)…
This shot of an adult brown bear boar was taken at Crescent Lake Alaska. Did you know that bears are members of the pig family? That is why males are called boars! I was in a about about 30ft from him. He was much more interested in the Sockeye that were spawning by the tens of thousands all around him.
This was a very experienced boar. He was very still, just moving his head around to focus in the water, then he’d pounce. Bears down have thumbs so they have to maneuver the wriggling fish by stepping onto it then using their claws/paws to lift it to their mouths.
The sockeye turn BIRGHT RED (these photos are not enhanced) when spawning.
This bear never took any chance of loosing his fish in the water and always carried it to shore and hid in the trees to eat it.