Katmai Day 3
Our evening began with Shelli and her three yearlings making their way along the beach. And the evening was only getting started. Fishing adventures were ahead!
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Stand Together Always!
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The more I jump into edits with these wonderful coy, I miss them, but also find more glorious details on both of them. I wish I could see them next year and only hope they grow as big as the yearlings!!
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Standing to See
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Mama Belle and Coy are back at the river for evening three - there are so many bear fishing that they have to keep close watch. Standing helps their view and mum’s, too, as she fishes.
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Hustle and Catch
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Watching bear fish was fun. They started off slowly, then rushed to their catch. It looked like they lost it, but they raise their beautiful heads and there was the fish in their mouth.
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While the other bear fishing were running, jumping and diving, Shelli and her yearlings just took it easy. Just slow nose fishing and meandering down the river - if they caught a fish, they caught a fish if they didn’t they didn’t care.
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Tense Moment
This was one of the very few moments of tension while I was filming in Katmai. If it was tense for those of us watching, I can’t even imagine what the cameraman felt as Shelli’s three extremely large yearlings checked him out.
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We met Shelli and her three yearlings - yes yearlings - the first day, they walked right by camp and clammed like crazy day 2, but on Day 3 they showed their magnificence. Two of the them had a bit of a tussle while mum looks on.
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Still Shot Friday — Baby Fox 🦊
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Three moments from our Day 3 morning at the fox den: a quiet portrait, a beautiful connection, and one very big yawn. Sometimes a few still photographs tell the whole little story.
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Bear on a Mission
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This bear was on a fishing mission and completely ignored the BBC cameraman who held on tight to his gear and stayed low. The bear was successful in her hunt!
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Congrats to Backpack—and to the whole Katmai “chonky” community for making it an internet phenomenon!

Attribution: Smithsonian Magazine (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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