Afternoon with a Bear

[Chris]

Haven't been out much birding since I have got back up here in the Peace. One of my friends has large property over looking the Peace River Valley. He has a tree stand on his property that over looks a small field within a large forest. He regularly gets Elk, Moose, Deer Coyote and Bear on his land. Yesterday when I was out there visiting he was mentioning about a bear that has been seen a few times on the small field that the tree stand overlooks. He said I could come out today and hang out on the tree stand to get photos of a bear or whatever else comes through.

We walked to the tree stand and we saw a bear right near the stand and it had climbed up a tree nearby. I walked a little ways back and then it took off from the tree in the other direction.

I climbed the stand and sat in it for over an hour waiting for it to come back. Just when I was about to head back I spotted the bear in the field. It sat there for about 40 minutes eating. One point a Coyote appeared and I got both in the same shot.

[butterfly]

Sounds like a fun afternoon. Great shots, Chris. Nice to have a friend like that where you can have great wildlife viewing. Enjoy the new school year and your last day before going back to work. Bruce and Joanne

[Chris]

Thanks Bruce and Joanne.

[Gord]

Looks like the bear has done well fattening up for the winter sleep! Great shots and love the coyote too.

[Randy]

Very cool experience!

[Isaac]

Wow! Being in a tree stand photographing a bear and coyote is a pretty fun way to spend time! Nice shots Chris! Looks like they have no idea they're being watched!