USA- Alaska- Anan Creek

Anan Creek is an ancient Tlingit native fishing site.  Anan Creek has the largest pink salmon run in Southeast Alaska.   When the salmon runs to spawn up the creek you can find black and brown (Grizzly) bears fishing and gorging themselves with salmon brain and roe.  The Bald Eagles and Ravens position themselves downstream for a feast of salmon carcasses that float down the creek to them.  Watching the bears was an amazing thing, each bear has a different technique, some more skilled than others.  On our walk back to the dinghy I encountered a bear on the trail he was within 20 feet of me headed down toward the creek, we both kept on going. I Kept Calm & we Sailed On....

This is MR SNORKLE his technique is to keep his head under water looking for salmon

SOW and 1 year old cub

2 Bears- No fights there is enough Salmon

Mum being Mum

Bald Eagle- 2nd year juvenille

Pink Salmon getting ready for the run upstream to spawn

Sow and Cub

Salmon escaped with a bite mark

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Mum and Cub-  Cub does #1 and #2 on the rock edge than manages to get lost, cub calls out for Mum

Bears fishing

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