Black Bear feasts on a salmon. The salmon were plentiful in Gunnuk Creek, Kake in South East Alaska. The Black Bears were catching them with ease. This Black Bear had taken its catch up onto the fallen tree on the river bank.
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Black Bears go fishing – Alaska 2023
Black Bears go fishing. Gunnuk Creek, Kake in South East Alaska is a very good place to see Black Bears fishing. The salmon were plentiful and the bears were very active. These bears seemed to make light work of fishing.
Fishing Black Bears – Alaska 2023
Fishing Black Bears. Gunnuk Creek, Kake in South East Alaska is a very good place to see Black Bears fishing. The salmon were plentiful and the bears were very active. The bears were being selective with the fish they wanted. Their preference was to eat females...
Black Bear catches salmon – Alaska 2023
Black Bear Catches salmon. Gunnuk Creek, Kake in South East Alaska is a very good place to see Black Bears fishing. The salmon were plentiful and the bears were very active. This bear seemed to make light work of fishing. Having caught the salmon it ate the fish on...
Giant River Otters with an enormous Tiger Catfish – Pantanal, Brazil 2022
Giant River Otters with an enormous Tiger Catfish. There was a commotion ahead of us as we cruised along the Paraguay River in Brazil’s Northern Pantanal. A female Giant River Otter had caught a very large Tiger Catfish. Giant River Otters are fearsome predators very...
Brown Bear with triplet cubs of the year – Alaska 2018
Our time by the river at Kinak, Katmai provided us with this wonderful encounter with a Brown Bear and her three gorgeous cubs of the year. The mother was an excellent provider of fish for her cubs. There were other bears in the vicinity so the mother was constant...
Graceful Manta Rays – Indonesia 2017
These graceful rays were filmed with a GoPro from a small boat and then our guide dived with the rays taking the GoPro with him. In 2014, Indonesia brought in a fishing and export ban as it realised that Manta Ray tourism was more economically beneficial than allowing...
Various whales and Dolphins – Baja, Mexico 2017
Our almost annual trip to Baja is a highlight of our year. Here is a compilation of some of the highlights from 2017
Whale Sharks impress – Sea of Cortex, Mexico 2017
This footage was taken with a GoPro from a small boat. But in the past, I have snorkeled with these fish - the largest on the planet. Quite an experience!
Leaping Munk’s Mobula Rays – Sea of Cortez, Mexico 2017
On every trip we have made to Baja and the Sea of Cortez, we have seen these amazing rays massing in shoals with hundreds of individuals. As they leap from the ocean and land with a loud smack, one cannot help but smile. There is much speculation as to why they do...
Brown Bears of Geographic Harbour – Katmai, Alaska 2016
We spent several days at this location and had the most wonderful and incredibly close encounters with these fantastic animals.
A magnificent Coastal Wolf – Geographic Harbour, Alaska 2016
We had been sitting quietly waiting for a Brown Bear with two young cubs to emerge from their den. Suddenly in front of was this spectacular Coastal Wolf. It ran towards us, passing just a few metres away, then returned equally close with a salmon in its mouth. It...