Tag: grizzly bear
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Big Red
A few weeks ago, a bull elk got stuck in the mud at a marsh in the park. After its death, a large grizzly took over the carcass and guarded it against all comers from other bears to coyotes and even ravens. Read more…
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Song Dog Pups
I stumbled across a coyote den with pups one day while hiking in the northern range. They soon seemed to ignore me as I sat and watched their activiy. Read more…
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Season of the Bears
Bears on the landscape are a humbling experience. This time of year they are on the move looking for food in preparation for hibernation. Read more…
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Settling In
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. ~Henry David Thoreau We’ve been in our new home a little over three weeks now and we are starting to feel settled. It is a different world to be sure. As I started writing this yesterday, it was 4:30 a.m, Mountain Read more…
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Welcome Home
The best journey takes you home. ~Unknown It has been a little over a week in this journey from our beloved woods in North Carolina to a small town at the edge of a place we love – Yellowstone. It has been a very busy several days with us driving two vehicles across country in Read more…
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Beartooth Bound
The beauty and charm of the wilderness are his for the asking, for the edges of the wilderness lie close beside the beaten roads of the present travel. ~Teddy Roosevelt There is never enough time. Though the days are incredibly long, I still feel the pressure to move, to see more, to drive to another Read more…
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What Grizzlies Eat
…almost everything is food except granite… ~John Muir on what grizzlies eat Muir was probably not far off in that observation. Grizzlies (and Black Bears as well) have a tremendously varied diet according to the season and food availability. Grizzlies are omnivores, feeding on a wide range of both plants and animals. Grizzlies tend to Read more…
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Year of the Grizzly
Bears keep me humble. They help me to keep the world in perspective and to understand where I fit on the spectrum of life. We need to preserve the wilderness and its monarchs for ourselves, and for the dreams of children. We should fight for these things as if our lives depended on it, because Read more…
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