Grizzley Bears

One evening after Derek finished work we ate a quick supper and drove towards Lake Babine. It ended up being a 5 hour round trip but was well worth it. We had heard there were bears out at the fish counting fence and thought we'd go see if we could see the bears. When we got there they weren't in the river. But there were ppl all over the bridge waiting for the bears. So we got out to wait too. The conservation guys were even there keeping an eye on people getting too close to the bears. And as we waited a mother bear and four cubs came out of the bushes to swim and play in the river. we kept watching and taking photos and as it got darker the bears walked all the way down stream right under the bridge we were on. I have never been that close to a bear before and these were grizzlies. It was totally safe cos they didnt come on the bridge and we stayed at that vantage point.

the quality of these pics is not the greatest but thats what you see when you zoom in.

They are coming out of the water and walking closer towards us along the bank.



in the photo above it looks like that one cub wants to go up the trail..

If you look closely the mama bear has a fish..

One last look before the mama headed off downstream.

The conservation guys told us its actually not good that these bears don't even seem to be scared the humans are this close. They are too used to humans being around. These are the bears that will be a pain at settlements like Fort Babine and will eventually be shot.