Neets Bay Black Bear

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Black Bear searching for salmon in the river at Neets Bay, near Ketchikan, Alaska.

Black Bear searching for salmon in the river at Neets Bay, near Ketchikan, Alaska.

I spend so much of my time watching and photographing the much larger Brown / Grizzly bears, that seeing Black Bears at Neets Bay was a lot of fun and an unexpected highlight.

Anan Creek

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Black Bear fishing in Anan Creek, Tongass National Forest, Alaska.

Black Bear fishing in Anan Creek, Tongass National Forest, Alaska.

A black bear fishing in Anan Creek.  The Anan Wildlife Viewing area in Tongass National Forest is a famous viewing bear viewing area and it did not disappoint.  The blind there puts you just a few feet above fishing black bears – a great place to hang out.  This bear was the only one who choose to fish up above the falls, and had a lot of success doing so as this pool was loaded with salmon.

Mendenhall Glacier Sunrise

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Mendenhall Glacier, Tongass National Forest, near Juneau, Alaska.

Mendenhall Glacier, Tongass National Forest, near Juneau, Alaska.

Another photo from a beautiful morning from our campsite above the Mendenhall Glacier, Tongass National Forest, near Juneau, Alaska.

Back from the bears!

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Sea Otter off shore from Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Sea Otter off shore from Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Back from another Alaska bear and puffin photo tour – my sides have just now stopped hurting from laughing so much – it was such a fun group!

I know, this isn’t a bear.  It was actually one of the most cooperative Sea Otters I have photographed, taken on the day we went to the puffin rockery.  We had huge numbers of puffin, by far the most I have seen, and even a Peregrine Falcon.  Unfortunately the weather was a bit tough as this has been one of the wettest Summers in Alaska, but that didn’t detour this tough group who’s efforts were rewarded with some unique bear opportunities.

I don’t have any new bear images to share.  Along with some experienced photographers, I had a couple of somewhat new, very passionate photographers in the group, and I found it far more rewarding helping them acquire bear images then adding to my extensive collection.   Thanks again to the group for making it such a fun trip!

2015 Photography Tours

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Brown bear sow with cub from my this past June during my Alaska bear and puffin photo tour.

Brown bear sow with cub from my this past June during my Alaska bear and puffin photo tour.

I pre-scheduled this as I’m currently on another Alaska Bear photo tour – this image was from my June tour.  I wanted to get this out as we now have our 2015 Alaska Photo Tour schedule available.  My Alaska bear photo tour was one of four featured in Time Magazine, the only one of the four in North America.  These trips usually fill fairly fast, so don’t wait long.  If you have any questions, let us know by phone or email, we are more then happy to answer questions.

Tongass Sunrise

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Sunrise over the Mendenhall Glacier, Tongass National Forest, Alaska.

Sunrise over the Mendenhall Glacier, Tongass National Forest, Alaska.

This was the sunrise from our campsite this past Sunday morning – one of the most memorable sunrises I have seen in some time!  Now I’m off for another bear tour – can’t wait!