Friday Flashback – Swimming Cubs
Today's Friday Flashback is from 13th July 2015 and is entitled 'Swimming Cubs'. Two yearling cubs that I remember were down on the estuary in the Khutzeymateen with their mum…
Friday Flashback – Blondie Portrait
Today's Friday Flashback is from 12th June 2015 and is entitled 'Blondie Portrait'. This was a pretty special bear for those of us that enjoyed watching her grow up in…
Friday Flashback – Teardrop
Today's Friday Flashback is from 5th June 2015 and is entitled 'Teardrop'. An old favourite of that Khutzeymateen princess, Star, seen doing what she liked to do best - play…
Friday Flashback – Love is in the Air
Today's Friday Flashback is from 29th May 2015 and is entitled 'Love is in the Air'. A courting couple from the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary here on the BC coast.…
Heading Off The Ice
A few years ago I published ‘Ice Bear’ - a shot of a female grizzly bear looking down off an ice peak on the side of a mountain in the…
Friday Flashback – Is That Smell You?
Today's Friday Flashback is from 8th May 2015 and is entitled 'Is That Smell You?'. No this bear wasn't being rude in it's question it was just using it's strongest…
Friday Flashback – Remember The Queen?
Today's Friday Flashback is from 11th May 2015 and is entitled 'Remember The Queen?'. Never one to miss the chance to show an image of the Queen of the Khutzeymateen,…
Friday Flashback – A Grizzly Anatomy Lesson
Today's Friday Flashback is from 6th February 2015 and is entitled 'A Grizzly Anatomy Lesson'. A little 'too personal' for the bear perhaps, but I'm often asked how can I…
Fast Asleep II
Remember ‘Fast Asleep’ - the image of Big Momma taking a snooze on the rather uncomfortable looking root base of a fallen tree? Well here is the matriarchal grizzly bear…
5 Years On – Still Looking Good
On my first visit to the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary back in 2012 this guy was literally the first bear I got to photograph close up (see Swimming Grizzly). Back…
Salmon Searcher II
The original 'Salmon Searcher' post featured a wolf out on a river looking for salmon and today's post, taken here on the BC coast last fall, features a spectacular looking…
Friday Flashback – On Guard!
Today's Friday Flashback is from 27th February 2015 and is entitled 'On Guard!'. I still have a close up of this brave little guys mom (see Queen of Pack Creek)…
Post Hibernation – Still Looking Good
Early Spring and the large male grizzly bears are often amongst the first to start making their way down off the mountains to the coast. Once the females start to…
Boxey Profile
Here’s a shot of the female grizzly bear we affectionately knew as the ‘Queen of the Khutzeymateen’. She was sometimes also called ‘Boxey’ and we can see from this side…
JJ Sleeping
I love seeing bears sleeping. He knew we were there, but had enough trust in us that he didn’t feel threatened or the urge to leave or even flee the…