This black bear was cutting across a swamp in Grand Teton National Park and many people were fighting for position to photograph it.  Knowledge of how animals move and being lucky I was able to position myself away from the crowd and capture a number of good images as he passed by me.  Tags in his ear may mean that he has been captured as a problem bear or he is part of a study.  Photographing bears can be dangerous, seeing where there were multiple attacks last year out west, so be careful.  You should never approach one, always make some noise while in bear country so not to surprise one, if you see one bear look for others especially cubs, never get between a sow and her cubs.

No related posts.