1908_6303 Predator - a photo on Flickriver

1908_6303 Predator

            This is the same Black Bear featured yesterday, known as Georgina, in full predator mode. She has caught a female Pink Salmon, but has her eye on a second salmon, glimpsed in the pool at the lower right (we're looking at the top of its head). She had wounded and disabled this fish when she saw a splash and chased down the one now in her jaws. A moment later she finished off the first salmon. A great feast on days when the salmon are running.

Not all days are like this. Water temperature is one of the keys - if the water is too warm, the fish stay offshore and wait. Meanwhile the bears gather on shore and wait. The photographers wait, too. It's a waiting game.

On this day, a fine, misty rain was sprinkling down, the temperature was cool for late August, conditions were right and the salmon were trying to sneak past half a dozen bears to reach their spawning pools upstream. Some made it and some didn't.

Photographed on Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken on: August 23, 2019

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Black Bear

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Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

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Camera: Nikon D810, f/5.6, 1/1600 sec, 500mm, ISO 1000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D810
Lens:	200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	500mm
ISO:	1000
Exposure Bias:	-0.67 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 22.5 (Macintosh)
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