J Bear Tours

06/23/2026

06/22/2026

Momma nursing her cubs. Guests often ask if I recognize bears from year to year. This is a mom we watched all last summer raising her new spring cubs in Lake Clark National Park. The two videos are just about a year apart, filmed within about 50 yards of the same location. She has a very distinct long snout. Nursing is when she is most vulnerable to attacks and you can see how she comes close to us, puts her back to us so she can watch for danger coming from the other direction, downwind. She knows we are safe since she only sees professionally guided groups. She is a good momma bear and I hope to see these two continue to thrive into adulthood.

06/20/2026

Bears vs. bald eagle. It doesn’t get much more Alaskan than this. If I could just get a whale breaching in the background or an orca eating a moose in the shot. I haven’t seen this behavior from an adult bear, cubs chase birds all the time. I believe she was teaching the cubs to Al charge at once, something families do to ward off other bears.

06/18/2026

This was the 3rd time this wolf charged or darted in at our group. I have been doing guided bear tours for 13 years and I have never felt like I was being hunted by an animal until I met Pesky Pete. We remained mostly calm and only used non harmful deterrents. My heart was beating out of my chest.

06/15/2026

Watching sub adults brown bears play fight is always exciting. But when they decide to do it right in front of you, that makes for some heart pounding action.

06/13/2026

Triple trouble. These spring cubs saw their first humans this week and are still so curious. Their mom has obviously grown up in Lake Clark National Park around professionaly guided groups and knows we are not a threat or a food source.

06/11/2026

These triplet spring cubs emerged this week and are so feisty. I have never seen moves quite like this little guy has.

06/10/2026

Last fall, these two took a brake from fishing to practice sparing. Their stamina was amazing. We got tired just watching them wrestle for 40 minutes.

06/09/2026

Love is in the air. June is mating season and it only seems to happen when I have teenagers on our trips. Females carry the fertilized egg until November when they go to hibernate. They are amazing animals.
#

06/07/2026

This sow and her spring cubs frequently moved over by us for protection from other bears last spring. I love how some brown bears use their paw as a plate to eat the clams during low tide. Any guesses what that sound is?