Bear in a Tree

tshaddicktshaddick Registered Users Posts: 185 Major grins
edited July 15, 2011 in Wildlife
A couple weeks ago I posted pictures of bear cubs in a tree. This time I bring you a grown bear in a tree.

This guy was quite high up in a tree off the side of the road, apparently he enjoyed the tree buds better than what he could find on the ground.

These are the first few that I have edited, we will see if I have better angles, or images, when I get through editing the rest of the pictures, we will see if I ended up getting something better than below.

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2011
    Very good set. thumb.gif
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  • tshaddicktshaddick Registered Users Posts: 185 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2011
    Harryb wrote: »
    Very good set. thumb.gif

    Thanks Harryb!
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  • chickendropchickendrop Registered Users Posts: 175 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2011
    Excellent! Where were these taken?
  • tshaddicktshaddick Registered Users Posts: 185 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2011
    These were taken in Jasper, Alberta.
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  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,372 moderator
    edited July 6, 2011
    These are wonderful - I love the third shot!
    How high is quite high?

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  • tshaddicktshaddick Registered Users Posts: 185 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2011
    denisegoldberg wrote: »
    These are wonderful - I love the third shot!
    How high is quite high?

    --- Denise
    From the ground probably at least 15-20 feet, maybe more, but from where I was standing about 5 feet up. I was standing on the road, and the side of the road dropped off to a river valley, where the base of this tree was, and then the tree was still at least 5 feet above the road.

    Needless to say, it was much higher than I expected to see a bear of this size.
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  • tshaddicktshaddick Registered Users Posts: 185 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2011
    Correction - My boyfriend assures me that it was at least 50 feet. I guess I was under estimating the height big time.
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  • GaleGale Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2011
    Super shots.
    3 is rather amusing:>)))
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  • tshaddicktshaddick Registered Users Posts: 185 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2011
    More Pictures
    More pictures:
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    I like how this one shows the length of his claws
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  • Wicked_DarkWicked_Dark Registered Users Posts: 1,138 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2011
    great use of the opportunity. the light is lovely and you've caught some nice expressions. that fur! looks so cuddly although I wouldn't want to try.
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  • FlyNavyFlyNavy Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2011
    Beautiful! Just as if you had him come to your indoor studio.
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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited July 13, 2011
    These are really lovely images. Congrats!

    I am a bit suspicious that is a juvenile grizzly. I think that the first image shows a bit of a hump, plus the brown fur and golden nose.

    Beautiful specimen, but certainly not an animal to get too close to!

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  • tshaddicktshaddick Registered Users Posts: 185 Major grins
    edited July 13, 2011
    It could be a grizzly, but I thought it was a grown black bear. Most of the black bears that I have seen in Jasper actually have brownish fur as opposed to the silky black that I am used to seeing, also his ears a larger and more pointed than that of the grizzlies that I have seen. But I have been known to think the animal is one thing when it is really something else.

    Regardless of the type of bear, I am still happy that I got the opportunity to capture such a lovely creature in an unusual place. And I am really happy that the pictures turned out. I was nervous at first that due to the sky I was going to have problems with the exposure, but I am happy with them.

    Thanks everyone for all your views/comments.
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  • fool4thecityfool4thecity Registered Users Posts: 632 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2011
    Outstanding set of images! Thanks for sharing.
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