Tuesday, 23 October 2007

21 October 2007

Good viewing today. As we were heading south a few miles from the ranch we saw a grizzly bear with a pale white stripe reaching down from her shoulders. We watched for several minutes as she gently fished the river. Then we looked up to see another bear almost right in front of the car. She also made her way down to the river and for a moment there was a little tension as the two bears sniffed each other.

We moved onto a bridge to watch the grizzlies and the second bear, seemingly oblivious to our presence, came right underneath within a couple of dozen feet of the car, before continuing her way down along the river. Nice view of her bottom as she slowly moved away from us.