Bears and more bears!

1st mama bear fishing with 2 cubs

Cubs on a rock watching the people

This was the second bear - one muscular mama with her fish

Bringing fish to shore - the babies are eating.  There are 3.

The smallest cub is next to the rock at the center at river's edge.  He was significantly smaller and much lighter in color - but well fed!

We are in Haines Alaska, known for a huge bunch of eagles in residence.  But we found bears!  These are called brown bears in Alaska, but are the same as the grizzly bears we see in the lower 48 - only bigger.  We drove to a lake a few miles from here and found a bunch of fishermen in the water and people on shore with cameras.  I got out of the truck and Ed went to find a place to turn around.  A mother bear was in the water fishing with her 2 cubs on some rocks - they were cute and funny.  Playfully they grabbed things out of the water, then fell off the rocks.  One look from Mom and they scrambled back up!  The second Mom and her 3 (yes, three!!) cubs were on the opposite side of the river at a fish wier.  There was a fish and game person counting fish that were funneled into a central area.  Well, this mom figured out it was very good fishing against this man-made barrier and went to town.  She is larger and much more muscular than the first bear mom.  Her cubs were all on shore eating their own fish as she grabbed another one for herself.  I think she's done this before.