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Grizzly Bears at Brooks Falls, Alaska

by Dr. Mike Mellum   

bridge to falls across Brooks River

bridge to falls across Brooks River

locked bridge to Brooks Falls

locked bridge to Brooks Falls

Brooks Falls trail sign

Brooks Falls trail sign

trail to falls

trail to falls

bear trail to falls

bear trail to falls

raised platform to falls

raised platform to falls

raised observation platform

raised observation platform

photographers

photographers

Brooks Falls

Brooks Falls
around 50 grizzlies in this area

Brooks Falls

Brooks Falls

Brooks Falls-Alaska Brown Bear

Brooks Falls-Alaska Brown Bear
bears fish for sockeye salmon

waiting

waiting

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bears can reach 9 feet tall and weigh 1100 lbs. They are skinny now...

there he is

there he is

Oh boy!

Oh boy!

right there

right there

nice grab!

nice grab!

Grizzly Bear skirmish

Grizzly Bear skirmish

Grizzly Bear Bears

Grizzly Bear Bears

Alaska Brown Bear

Alaska Brown Bear

Grizzly Bear gets the fish

Grizzly Bear gets the fish

mother and 3 cubs

mother and 3 cubs
This is a male dominated area so females and their cubs are not welcome

mother and cubs

mother and cubs

mother

mother

mother and cub

mother and cub

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bears

Grizzly Bears

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear

Alaska Brown Bear

Alaska Brown Bear

Alaska Brown Bear

Alaska Brown Bear

Alaska Brown Bear-sea gull

Alaska Brown Bear-sea gull

Brooks Falls-Grizzly Bears

Brooks Falls-Grizzly Bears

Brooks Falls-Grizzly Bears

Brooks Falls-Grizzly Bears

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear

smiley face

smiley face

there's one!!

there's one!!

lunch

lunch

lunch

lunch

Alaska Brown Bear-sockeye

Alaska Brown Bear-sockeye

time to eat

time to eat

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear

snorkeling for fish

snorkeling for fish

mother and cub

mother and cub

Alaska Brown Bear

Alaska Brown Bear

fish jumping

fish jumping

fish jumping

fish jumping

Brooks Falls

Brooks Falls

close up

close up

not having much luck

not having much luck

Brooks Falls

Brooks Falls

Alaska Brown Bears

Alaska Brown Bears

Alaska Brown Bear

Alaska Brown Bear

waiting for fish to jump

waiting for fish to jump

viewing platform at Brooks Falls

viewing platform at Brooks Falls

looking for sockeye

looking for sockeye

boar or male bear

boar or male bear

downstream viewing platform

downstream viewing platform

cubs

cubs

mother snorkeling for fish

mother snorkeling for fish

sow and cubs

sow and cubs

mother and cubs

mother and cubs
mother raises them for three years and then pushed them out of the...

mother and cubs

mother and cubs
mother and cubs are not supposed to be near the falls but are down or...

mother and cubs

mother and cubs

mother nursing cub

mother nursing cub

boars at falls

boars at falls

got one

got one

cubs

cubs

cubs

cubs

cubs

cubs

cubs and mother at falls

cubs and mother at falls
a no no!

mother and cub

mother and cub

boar

boar

mother and cubs

mother and cubs

mother and cubs

mother and cubs

mother and cubs

mother and cubs

nearby boar

nearby boar

trouble ahead

trouble ahead

fight to begin over fiishing spot

fight to begin over fiishing spot

fight is on

fight is on

mother suffered a gash on her left leg

mother suffered a gash on her left leg

walk down the falls

walk down the falls

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear

got one

got one

lunch

lunch

boar

boar

someone wants your meal

someone wants your meal

dining with sea gulls

dining with sea gulls

danger

danger

lurking boar

lurking boar

nice claws

nice claws

menacing claws

menacing claws

boar in falls

boar in falls

snorkeling for fish

snorkeling for fish

boar

boar

missed him

missed him

fight over prime fishing spot

fight over prime fishing spot

angry boar

angry boar

fishing the falls

fishing the falls

boar up close

boar up close

jump for me

jump for me

waiting game

waiting game

not much luck

not much luck

approaching the falls

approaching the falls

boar

boar

boar

boar

boar

boar

got a sockeye

got a sockeye

lunch on the shore

lunch on the shore

lunch

lunch

um um good

um um good

delicious

delicious

fuzzy

fuzzy

tastes good

tastes good

spat

spat

got one

got one

lunch in the stream

lunch in the stream

some claws

some claws

watching the big boar eat

watching the big boar eat

alpha male

alpha male

posiing

posiing

scarry dude

scarry dude

gotcha

gotcha

fight ensues

fight ensues

one backs down

one backs down

I want your food

I want your food

give it to me

give it to me

fight is on

fight is on

bears at falls

bears at falls

bears at falls

bears at falls

bear at falls

bear at falls

bear delay at other end of bridge

bear delay at other end of bridge

bear delay

bear delay
article published 8/10/2009

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— faith, April 17, 2012

Obviously, the Nikon P80 is more than adequate at 30 yards. I have a Canon SX10, which is quite similar, and shots at 30 yards are easily captured. If I want to get a pic such as a head shot of a bear with a fish, I can crop and enlarge with Picasa. No need for tripods and long lenses.
— Neal Smith, August 16, 2009
I use a Nikon P80 that has a 18x optical lens. Nothing special. Some of the shots were with a Canon Rebel with a 200mm lens. I like the Nikon because I don't have to carry all of the lenses around in a back pack along with a tripod. The bears are only about 30 yards from the platform that you are on. The one disadvantage is that you can't put on a a polarizing lense or haze filter on the Nikon. You could use a 3x and get a good picture at this location. A lot of the photographers were trying to get the fish as soon as it enters the bear's mouth. They shoot a lot of shots per second on a tripod. They try to get only the bears head and the fish.
— Dr. Mike Mellum, August 15, 2009
What kind of camera and lens did you use to get those great shots?
— Neal Smith, August 15, 2009
I had to book Brooks Lodge 1 1/2 years in advance. Brook's Lodge was crawling with photographers from all over the world with huge telephoto lenses trained on the falls waiting for the money shot of a fish jumping into the grizzlies mouth.
— Dr. Mike Mellum, August 14, 2009
Great series of pictures!! Maybe the best ever on this site. Sure beats pics of my wife's flowers I used to put up.
— Neal Smith, August 14, 2009
Pretty amazing!
— Chris and Rich Hanley, August 12, 2009
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