Friday, July 19, 2013

Photo-Finish-Friday -- In Momma's Footsteps

Baby 491
A black bear mother and her cub cross a rock field in the Rockies.


It was a three bear day last Sunday on our drive up the Jasper-Banff Parkway. We saw a young black bear just inside the Banff  Park gate along Highway 11 and then we saw this mother and cub along the Parkway near the Weeping Wall.

Mike spotted them. I pulled over as quickly as I could and then we proceeded to cause quite a bear jam on both sides of the highway.
After taking many photos we drove on to the Weeping Wall. When we came back to the site perhaps 10 minutes later there was an even bigger bear jam.
We stopped and got more pics including the one posted.
I hope seeing baby bear brings you as much joy as it brought us.

12 comments:

solarity said...

Very satisfying.

Mary Anne in Kentucky

Leah J. Utas said...

Thanks, Mary Anne.

Virginia Lee said...

Your bear photos make me happy. This one particularly so. You know, I still have the bear eating dandelions as my desktop photo. Thanks for that. xo

Leah J. Utas said...

You are welcome, Virginia Lee. The bears are glad to make you happy.

messymimi said...

It does make me smile. It's a confirmation that life is going on.

Leah J. Utas said...

Glad you smiled.

David Cranmer said...

Parent and baby out for a leisurely stroll. Love it, Leah. And mom probably said "lets go take a look at what the humans are doing today."

Leah J. Utas said...

Ha! David, I bet you are exactly right.

the Bag Lady said...

How did I miss this post??
Fabulous picture of momma and baby!

Leah J. Utas said...

Why thank you, BL.

Hilary said...

Wow.. what a great sighting and fine photo. I hope we'll be seeing the occasional bear where we're moving.. just not too close. ;)

Leah J. Utas said...

Bears are wonderful at a distance. A little too wonderful up close.
I hope your sightings are only wonderful.