Local Black Bear Relaxing
I ran into this gentle Black Bear who didn't seem too perturbed by my being pretty close to him... other than the tell-tale right ear at a weird angle. But you can see in his eyes that he was not interested in eating me... :) I stumbled across him when he seemed to be relaxing in the sun near a small lake outside Anchorage, Alaska. It was one of the few times I did not have a dog with me which probably greatly simplified the entire encounter! Sailor would have gone nuts since we were so close and I'm sure the bear would have been really agitated, to say the least! But it was a most friendly encounter, I took a few photographs, and quietly moved on. The bear did not get up or leave his spot.