Critters

Pine Martin, Algonquin Park

Moose Cow & Calf

Black Bears on the Beach

This is an island near Tofino on Vancouver Island. In this area it is common for bears to forage along the beaches as the tide goes out.

A raven joins the foraging party on the rocky beach.

Remarkably, the raven and the cub were about the same size.

A third bear arrives on the shore.

There is a potential conflict here. We heard that just the week before a male bear appeared out of the forest and killed a cub in front of its mother and some startled kayakers. This bear, however, looks young and is not acting aggressively.

Bull, Fall 2018

Sightings such as this are getting fewer and fewer as the moose population declines.