RHH's photos with the keyword: ursus

This photo was taken by our son-in-law. Our vehicle was ahead when these Grizzlies crossed the road in front of him. We were driving down the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park.

These are not the best photos but this is a Black Bear we saw along the Window Trail in Big Bend's Chisos Basin while hiking there. The bear was digging for something when we first saw him but soon turned his attention to us and we quickly moved on. We saw him again a little further down the dry creek bed as we hiked a long it.

This Black Bear was along the Window Trail in the Chisos Basin of Big Bend National Park. We managed to get a couple of quick photos but moved on for fear of disturbing him, though Black Bears are not especially dangerous.

When in Yellowstone last May parts of the park were still closed by snow and there was a lot of snow still on the ground in the parts of the park that were open. Near the turnoff for Old Faithful and as we were leaving the area we saw this Grizzly sow and cub playing in the snow and watched them for quite a while. We had seen them foraging earlier on our way into the Old Faithful geyser basin but they were in the trees and we did not get good photos.

This Grizzly sow and cub playing in the snow were photographed near the Old Faithful geyser basin in Yellowstone National Park.

These are Grizzlies, a sow and an older cub, playing in the snow near the Old Faithful Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.

Photographed along the main road near the Old Faithful geyser basin, this Grizzly sow and cub were playing in the snow.

This Grizzly Bear sow was photographed near Yellowstone Lake in September. She was digging for roots and grubs and would soon be hibernating. She paid no attention to the people had stopped to watch here, though many were out of their vehicles and far too close, in my opinion.

Leaving Yellowstone via the east entrance we spotted these Grizzlies just outside the park. There were actually three of them, a sow and two good-sized cubs. The light was fading and photos were difficult but we managed a few.

As we were leaving Yellowstone National Park via the east entrance we saw this Grizzly near the far end of Yellowstone Lake. Fat and looking ready for hibernation, he (or she) was digging for food and paid little attention to the people who were watching. Later we would see three more Grizzlies just outside the park.

As we were leaving Yellowstone National Park via the east entrance we saw this Grizzly near the far end of Yellowstone Lake. Fat and looking ready for hibernation, he (or she) was digging for food and paid little attention to the people who were watching. Later we would see three more Grizzlies just outside the park.

My wife photographed these a little way from our camp at Robson Pass. They appear to be Black Bear tracks and were near the lake in the previous photo where the bears apparently came to drink. There were tracks everywhere by the lake but we saw no bears during our time at Robson Pass.

Also known as the North American Brown Bear, Ursus arctos, is the largest bear in North America. This female (sow) was photographed along the road in Kootenay National Park and apparently had two cubs nearby though we did not see them.

Also known as the North American Brown Bear, Ursus arctos, is the largest bear in North America. This female (sow) was photographed along the road in Kootenay National Park and apparently had two cubs nearby though we did not see them.

Also known as the North American Brown Bear, Ursus arctos, is the largest bear in North America. This female (sow) was photographed along the road in Kootenay National Park and apparently had two cubs nearby though we did not see them. The hump on the back and the long nose distinguish the grizzly from the black bear.

These Black Bears, female and cub, were photographed along the road in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia. We were returning from a five day backpacking trip to Berg Lake.

This is a female Black Bear photographed along the highway in Mount Robson Park. In the picture above she is watching her cub who was with her and both of them are shown in the picture below. She was wet from foraging in the stream along the road but even with her cub there paid no attention to the cars that had stopped on the shoulder to watch. The Black Bear, Ursus americanus, (not always black) is found all across northern North America.

Well named Ursus arctus horribilis, the grizzly male can weigh up to 1500 pounds and stand taller than a tall man. This grizzly was photographed at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle and is one of a pair of male grizzlies, brothers, living at the zoo, both large bears but smaller than 1500 pounds, though still quite fearsome. Interestingly, it is reported that grizzlies are moving back into the North Cascades, the mountains which stand to our east. When hiking we always have to be careful about bears and make sure anything scented is tied in a tree away from camp, but our worry is usually the smaller and less aggressive black bear, not these monsters. When hiking in areas where grizzlies are found they tell you to wear bells on your clothing so as not to surprise a bear and cause it to attack. A ranger in one of the parks put that idea to rest by telling us that the difference between black bear scat and grizzly scat is that the former has seeds in it while the latter has bells in it. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/05/woodland-pa...