Alaska brown bear standing on a rock, fishing for salmon
Alaska
A brown bear standing on a rock and waits for spawning Sockeye Salmon to pass by.
Late fall is a great time for the bears, as they fatten up on rich salmon stocks for the winter hibernation.
Brown bear (Ursus arctos, or grizzly bear), Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska.
Ursus arctos. Photo © copyright by Carl Donohue.
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