Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard Man wrote: >Superb as usual. How big are these salmons? They look relatively small? The Kokanee Salmon are rather small, only about 1 or 1.5' long. Thanks for looking and commenting. Doug Herr Bearman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com > >On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at >earthlink.net>wrote: > >> I spent much of the last week near Lake Tahoe, at a creek where Kokanee >> Salmon were running upstream to spawn. The local Black Bears had >> discovered >> the salmon run and were feasting on the fish to put on weight for their >> winter sleep. >> >> The Black Bear (Ursus americanus) is the smallest of the bears typically >> found in North America, and despite its name its fur can be a variety of >> colors from black to almost white. The Black Bear is less aggressive than >> the Grizzly Bear, and since the species evolved at a time when several >> large >> land predators such as Dire Wolf, Saber-tooth Cat and Grizzly Bear were >> preying on it, the Black Bear thinks of itself as a prey species. The >> Black >> Bear is fully capable of inflicting serious injury to humans but because >> it >> thinks of itself as a prey species most often it will run rather than >> attack. >> >> On several occasions during the week I encountered Blondie and BooBoo, >> mother and cub, and over the course of these encounters she learned that I >> was not interested in eating her or her cub, and I learned that as long as >> nobody threatened her cub she was no threat to people. >> >> Blondie: >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490124.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490216.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490221.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490224.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490235.jpg >> >> BooBoo: >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490071.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490239.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1500003.jpg >> >> At the beginning of the week it was clear that BooBoo was still very >> dependent on Blondie for food. >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490188.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490079.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490369.jpg >> >> Blondie is a good hunter: >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1500034.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1500044.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1500050.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490209.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490098.jpg >> >> She demonstrated a clear preference for female salmon, frequently catching >> a male then tossing it aside when she found it didn't contain roe. >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490361.jpg (male salmon) >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490310.jpg (female salmon) >> >> Another bear was attracted to the creek one day. This bear has an injured >> or missing right eye: >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490256.jpg >> >> choices, choices: >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490285.jpg >> >> One Eye gets a fish: >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490249.jpg >> >> Once Blondie and BooBoo showed up, One Eye ran off. Don't mess with a >> mother bear. >> >> Life for a bear isn't all fishing. BooBoo declares play time: >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490148.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490135.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490141.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490143.jpg >> >> By the end of the week BooBoo was doing his own fishing: >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490331.jpg >> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/carnivores/L1490197.jpg >> >> technical stuff: R8/DMR >> 280mm f/4 APO & 180mm f/2.8 APO >> shoulder stock & monopod with 280, shoulder stock alone with the 180. Any >> weird colors are my responsibility. All comments welcome. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > >-- >// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >// icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> >// photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >[ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous >replies in your msgs. ] > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information