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An opportunistic relationship, Black bear and Raven.
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An opportunistic relationship, Black bear and Raven.

An adult Black Bear digs for grubs in a rotting log while a raven looks on. As the bear moved on down the log, the raven hopped up and picked the left overs.

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  • Adult Male Black Bear in a Yosemite high country meadow.
  • Young Mule Deer Buck, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. Copyright © 2007 James McGrew.
  • Black Bear Cub climbs down from an afternoon nap in a tree. Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite NP.
  • Green 20 (an adult female black bear) feeds on a mule deer fawn. Black bears attain most of their fat and protein from eating insects and plants including seeds. However they will relish an occasional opportunity to consume a lot of calories in one quick meal such as a fawn. She killed this fawn and devoured the entire deer within about 20 minutes, leaving behind only the hooves and bones of the legs.
  • Sow and two cubs foraging in Yosemite Valley. Well one cub foraging and another distracted by park visitors nearby.
  • Two year old female Black bear, Yosemite Valley. Copyright © 2009 James McGrew. Although called a black bear (Ursus americanus) and usually black in the darker forests of the northern and Eastern U.S. However, in Sierra's sunny, open forests of cinnamon trunked trees, brown and golden hues of grasses and under story (except in the lush greenery of spring) they blend into their environment with a range of colors most often including blond, bleached blond with dark roots, red/ginger, and brunette. This young bear forages for insects in a rotting log. Bears acquire most of their protein and fat from insect larvae such as beetle grubs, termites, ants etc.
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  • Mother Black Bear Nurses her three cubs. Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite NP.
  • An opportunistic relationship, Black bear and Raven.
  • Yellow Bellied Marmot, Townsley Lake, Yosemite National Park, CA. Copyright © 2004 James McGrew.<br /> Marmots, bearing resemblance to their cousins known as groundhogs, are large rodents of the middle and higher Sierra. For a special anecdotal story about these interesting creatures, please see: <a href="http://jamesmcgrewfineart.com/works/59475/a-view-from-mt-hoffmann">http://jamesmcgrewfineart.com/works/59475/a-view-from-mt-hoffmann</a>
  • Bobcat in Yosemite Valley; illustrates its excellent camouflage.
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  • An old Coyote off the Glacier Point Road. This coyote became dependent on human food hand outs from motorists. Having lost its natural behavior, constantly causing traffic hazards by standing in the middle of the road and declining health the coyote was eventually put down by the NPS. Feeding wildlife is illegal and often results in dire situations for the wildlife and visitors.
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  • Old Coyote in Yosemite.
  • American Black Bear, Yosemite. A few weeks after I took this photograph, this bear was killed by a moving vehicle. Speed limits in national parks are set to protect wildlife as much as they are for the safety of tourists.
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