We had a VERY early morning today, with the ship arriving at Ketchikan at 7am, and we had to be ashore by 7:15 am for our excursion. Overall our excursion went well, but was quite wet; it varied between light and moderate rain all morning. We did see 5 bears taking salmon out of the river and, in addition to many pictures, I got a few videos showing a bear picking a salmon from the stream and taking it to the shore to eat it. Here is a short video showing this.
On the left are two pictures of a bear consuming a salmon.
On the top right is a marking a large male bear puts on a tree to mark his territory.
The bottom right is another bear who just finished eating a salmon and dropped the remains into the stream.
Tomorrow is basically a sea day as we sail for Victoria, arriving around 6pm and staying for a few hours, before sailing on to Seattle.
5 comments:
You took really good bear pictures. I never saw a bear eat salmon before.
Great pictures of the bears! Sorry you're having so much rain. One thing we can't control! Hope you're still enjoying the cruise though. Gail
Wow , dinner . a good photos there . more rain .... hoping you enjoyed anyway . Have fun .
Love the photos and video - that's awesome to see bear in the wild like that. I'm jealous!!
Yeah, bears! Great pictures!
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