Grizzly Bear Lodge, Knight Inlet BC

Mike and Cristina 1 of 3

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:11:09 +0000

The stream was thick with salmon and we had a great day of grizzly bear watching. The loner grizzly we saw was selectively picking through the spawning salmon, feeding only on the salmon carrying eggs. Later we saw a momma grizzly playing in the stream with her cub. Mike and Cristina from Florida USA provided these photos and comments.

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Lindy 4 of 5

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:01:00 +0000

However cubs to not mind the water if food is provided. This is an excellent photo of a mother sharing and an even better one of her claws.

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Lindy 3 of 5

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 09:06:28 +0000

First year cubs often lack the patients for fishing. They like to remain close to their mother for safety reasons but a rock is a good perch and a dry rock even a better one.

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Lindy 2 of 5

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:42:10 +0000

As the catching techniques vary so do the eating. For eating a lot depends how close the bears are to hibernating. The closer to hibernating the less selective they are – the whole fish head first is fine. At different times they will eat only the heads (high mineral content) or the eggs for fat.

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nordicweb — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:38:08 +0000

Please. This is a great site to visit to get a “guest eye view” of a trip to our lodge. Be sure that you do the whole five days that Rob has set up for his trip.

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http://www.masey.com.au/2010/08/dream-grizzly-trip-day-one/

Also if you search “You Tube” using the keyword SAILCONE you can view some videos from and about the lodge.

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Lindy 1 of 5

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:37:59 +0000

When guests send you great photos that are self-explanatory it is often hard to comment but I always try. You must realize that all grizzly bears are not created equal in their “catching” even though all fish. However this is one of the better catchers. Some bears go a little further down stream (but still in camera range) and sit in the deeper water and pick off the leftovers from the fishers upstream. This has its advantages in that you to not expend much energy getting your meals. The method is not important only the end result – enough fat to hibernate.

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Alfred 3 of 3

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:14:24 +0000

Just because they are siblings and spend time together it does not mean “share and share alike”.

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admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:03:07 +0000

Grizzly siblings may stay together for several years after they leave their mother so it is not uncommon to see them fishing together.

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admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:09:45 +0000

Orcas spend July through October in the Johnston Strait that is approximately a 50-minute boat ride from the lodge. Most days your guide will manage to provide you with an opportunity for some good photos. Not only of Orca but also humpback whales, stellar sealions, eagles, seals and beautiful scenery. This is a great photo showing the saddle patch and dorsal fin markings that are used to identify individual orca.

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Karen and Martin (UK) 3 of 3

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:18:39 +0000

Grizzlies on the beach! That is where we find them until late August and the salmon arrive in the river. Once the salmon arrive the bears move up the river with the salmon and then we use our viewing stands on the spawning channel. Until that time we have excellent viewing of the bears as they eat the sedge grasses in the Glendale Estuary and forge the beach by turning over rocks and eating anything that moves or at least provides protein.

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