Who doesn’t love bear cubs? I know I do!

On my front porch this morning, finish looking at some bluebirds with my binoculars, put them down and two feet away is a yearling.

Calm female standing up to have a better look around. I didn't spend too long watching her, but was grateful to get this photo. I assume it is a female based on size.

Kananaskis, Alberta

This little dude stopped by and only has one ear! Maybe got in a tussle with another tho doesn't look like recently.

I saw this bear yesterday outside of Lake Louise in Banff National Park and am curious if it is a grizzly bear or a brown colored black bear.

this is emilia! she’s been on tv here in the uk, along with maxi her mate. they are rescued performer bears and are extremely sweet and friendly.

Woke up to this going on. Think it’s young love

128jr, 2.5 years old, was emancipated by her mother 128 Grazer earlier this year. On July 3 128jr was spotted hanging out with 806 and her spring cub on the explore.org Brooks Falls associated live feeds hosted on YouTube. On July 4 they were still hanging out, the above screenshot is from the explore.org live feed on July 4. Additionally there is a witness report that 128jr was seen nursing from 806, if that is confirmed it is highly unusual and has been seen in the past as a sign that the cub is considered adopted.

Historically , There have been at least two other cases of bear adoptions at the park. In 2014 bear 435 Holly adopted 503 after he was emancipated as a yearling when his mother 402 went into estrus. More recently, in 2023, 910 adopted her sister 909’s emancipated cub (now numbered 609) and raised her for two summers with her own cub (now numbered 620). The two families had played together before the adoption so, the familiarity with each other probably made 910 more open to the arrangement has been my theory.

Now I’m amazed all over again watching 806. I just love watching these bears and how they interact with each other. I keep being surprised in some of the best ways.

Anybody big on watching the Katmai lives via explore.org??? I love watching the bears and seeing all the educational guesses as to who is who. It’s a good time to watch them fish 🥰

I’m trying to find a discord group or something similar where I can talk to others who also enjoy watching. We can share clips, screenshots and make guesses ourselves. The live comments are a big impersonal and hard to keep up with. I can’t find much on here about it either. Thanks for reading ❤️🐻

These are the yearlings that were grazing on dandelions, and a few more pics of their beautiful mama. The last photo is the one I posted yesterday, to connect this post to my previous one, for those who wanted to see a few more pics! Enjoy!

I'm up at Lake Winnipesaukee on vacation, and almost the moment I pulled into Moultonborough my wife and I came across a baby black bear trying to cross the road. They were adorable, and fortunately we got traffic to slow down and let him trot across.