Author Archives: Emily
STATISTICS SUGGEST RENEWED BABY BOOM!!
Aaaaahhhhhh….summer. Who doesn’t like summer, right? Mmmmmm…dessert. Who doesn’t like dessert!? Well, long days and short nights means that the berries have come to ripen and that’s likely a delectable change from the 70 kg of bland sedge grass … Continue reading
LENORE CONTEMPLATES ADOPTION!
It would seem as though Lenore is having second thoughts, questioning her philandering promiscuity of yesteryear and seriously reconsidering her hormonal decision to breed with not one, but FIVE males as recent as last spring. Since their emergence some days … Continue reading
MAMA GRIZZLY BEAR SNAPS! BABIES BEWILDERED!
Rumours from deep within the Great Bear Rainforest claim that Bella has once and for all bid her two beauties good riddance! In the wake of her sudden change of heart that has left the cubs’ bearfuddled, she has since … Continue reading
Grizzly Bears Emerge from the Den
High in the mountains above the tree line the grizzly bear hibernates. As the sun strengthens and the snow begins to melt a female grizzly breaks through the protective layer of snow to greet the spring. She is not alone … Continue reading
GRIZZLY BEAR MOM’S SACRED MOMENTS CAUGHT ON TAPE!
Admittedly, there is something undoubtedly pathetic about your grown son still nursing the ripe old age of 28!? All the Mothers in the house, are you with me???! However, perhaps as the imminent day of their estrangement creeps ever closer, Bella … Continue reading
DELIQUENT DUO THREATENS FAMILY UNIT!
Perhaps still reeling from the after-effects of winter’s confinement, Bella’s once cute-wittle-baby-boo-boos-turned-terrible-twos were up to their old tricks once again despite having just bearly stepped paw from their winter den. Isn’t this the predicament we left them in last autumn?! … Continue reading
Following the Last Wild Wolves, a book review.
Santa Claus (read Howard) dropped this little number off on my doorstep this past festive season. He assured me it was a real ‘page turner’ and that he himself had devoured the book in less than 48 hours. I was … Continue reading
Daryl Dancer Artist and Naturalist
Daryl is an artist and naturalist and full bear viewing guide. She is a qualified captain with years of experience in many types of vessels in waters from the East Coast to the West Coast and waters in between. In … Continue reading
BELLA ADMITS DEFEAT!
After nearly two years of supreme matriarchal rule, it seems as though Bella has finally had to relinquish control. Likely intoxicated by salmon, her two cute-and-cuddly-cubs-turned-rambunctious-tweenies have become unmanageable in recent weeks, spending their days shadow boxing and wrastlin’ in … Continue reading
Hot Summers Days, to the Swimming Hole, Bear Naked.
We arrived in Knight Inlet to see Bella and her 2 cubs foraging along the kelp line for crabs and isopods. Suddenly Mom entered the water in a big lunge and swam along the shore about 3 meters out. The … Continue reading
