Kodiak Bears Part 2

These were taken August 10th. Mark and Patrick decided to head back down to Sergents Creek to fish, but the bear was back. So Mark came home to pick up his camera and we all went out. This time he had walked down to the Russian River and was hanging out eating his catch. We were not that far away from him. There is a parking area for the fisherman who fish the Russian and we were parked there. Look down the embankment and there he was. You could hear him crunching the bones of the fish. People were telling us he is a 2 year old. Not a large bear, but still the power behind him is remarkable, especially watching him fish. He ate there for awhile as the crowd grew bigger. He then looked at all of us and started to come up the hill, people then started to back away and leave. He went back to fishing and then walked up river and disappeared. Between the eagles, bears and fish this is such a cool place to live!

August in Kodiak

You can always count on the fish running and the Kodiak Bears feeding. Mark and Patrick went down to Sargents Creek to fish this afternoon. I got a call from Mark saying that there was a bear down there, so Matt and I hopped in the car and drove down. There he was out by the waters edge. As we watched him wander farther away, we drove down to what is known as "Sometimes Island" which is exactly what it means, sometimes it's an island and sometimes it's not. Anyhoo, we watched him for a bit and noticed that he was heading back towards Sargents Creek, so we headed that way ourselves. The path you see him on is the same path the bear last year took. It heads right up to the road where we were standing. He crossed not even 50 feet from Matt and I. He headed over to the creek across the road. That is where he hung out for over an hour, fishing. There were at least 3o people watching this bear fish. It was very exciting to see. This bear also has two wounds on his backside. We all speculated that it was an larger bear that took out two chunks. Enjoy the pictures!!!

Look at those teeth!