Katmai National Park

  • DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver
    DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver
    The plane departing after dropping us off on our boat.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 22, 2008
    2008-08-22#0051
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Boar
    Grizzly Bear Boar
    Ursus arctos - a battle-scarred male eating salmon.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 22, 2008
    2008-08-22#0055
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glaucous-winged Gull immature
    Glaucous-winged Gull immature
    Larus glaucescens - the bears created a lot of scraps for the birds.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 22, 2008
    2008-08-22#0058
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Boar
    Grizzly Bear Boar
    Ursus arctos - scarred from fighting.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 22, 2008
    2008-08-22#0060
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Scott, Janine & David
    Scott, Janine & David
    We sat on stools beside the stream with bears walking by as they fished for salmon.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 22, 2008
    2008-08-22#0002
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glaucous-winged Gull
    Glaucous-winged Gull
    Larus glaucescens
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 22, 2008
    2008-08-22#0073
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bears
    Grizzly Bears
    Ursus arctos - We came ashore twice a day for many hours of bear photography.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0005
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Boar & Female
    Grizzly Bear Boar & Female
    Ursus arctos
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0032
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bears
    Grizzly Bears
    Ursus arctos - probably females.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0067
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Female
    Grizzly Bear Female
    Ursus arctos - shaking off water.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0083
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Female
    Grizzly Bear Female
    Ursus arctos
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0137
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bears
    Grizzly Bears
    Ursus arctos - 3rd summer, male cubs and their mother.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0205
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Sow & Cub
    Grizzly Bear Sow & Cub
    Ursus arctos - the large, 3rd summer cubs regularly stole food from the mother bear.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0213
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Sow & Cub
    Grizzly Bear Sow & Cub
    Ursus arctos - the mother eating quickly before the cub can steal the fish.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0246
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Female
    Grizzly Bear Female
    Ursus arctos
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0256
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Female
    Grizzly Bear Female
    Ursus arctos
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0265
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pink Salmon Head (male)
    Pink Salmon Head (male)
    Oncorhynchus gorbuscha - usually the only part left.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0022
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Geographic Harbor
    Geographic Harbor
    We came ashore from a boat, in waders to sit on the stream bank photographing bears.
    Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0023
    Larry L. Jackson
  • DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver
    DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver
    Float planes brought supplies and ferried guests in and out.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0274
    Larry L. Jackson
  • M/V Waters
    M/V Waters
    Another of the three Katmai Bears boats in the park.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 23, 2008
    2008-08-23#0029
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear 3rd yr Cubs & Sow
    Grizzly Bear 3rd yr Cubs & Sow
    Ursus arctos
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0042
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Sow & 1st yr Cub
    Grizzly Bear Sow & 1st yr Cub
    Ursus arctos
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0063
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Sow & 1st yr Cub
    Grizzly Bear Sow & 1st yr Cub
    Ursus arctos - more protective and watchful with her 1st year cub.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0065
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Sow & 3rd yr Cubs
    Grizzly Bear Sow & 3rd yr Cubs
    Ursus arctos - Her male cubs preferred stealing fish from mom rather than catching their own fish.
    2008-08-24#0076
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear 3rd yr Cubs
    Grizzly Bear 3rd yr Cubs
    Ursus arctos - playing rather than fishing.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0096
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Sow & 3rd yr Cubs
    Grizzly Bear Sow & 3rd yr Cubs
    Ursus arctos - stealing a fish from mom.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0028
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear 3rd yr Cubs
    Grizzly Bear 3rd yr Cubs
    Ursus arctos
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0099
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Sow
    Grizzly Bear Sow
    Ursus arctos - sitting in the stream right in front of us, about 8 feet away.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0110
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Sow
    Grizzly Bear Sow
    Ursus arctos
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0041
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Sow
    Grizzly Bear Sow
    Ursus arctos
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0053
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Sow
    Grizzly Bear Sow
    Ursus arctos - mother bear eating quickly with one of her large cubs hoping to steal the fish.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0056
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Salmon Stream
    Salmon Stream
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0060
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Female
    Grizzly Bear Female
    Ursus arctos
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0128
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Boar
    Grizzly Bear Boar
    Ursus arctos
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0160
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Boar
    Grizzly Bear Boar
    Ursus arctos
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0186
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Photographers
    Photographers
    Many photographers fly in for a few hours of time with the bears.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0080
    Larry L. Jackson
  • DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver
    DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver
    Another Andrew Airways plane.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0098
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bringing in Supplies
    Bringing in Supplies
    Food and beverage deliveries to this remote location.
    Geographic Harbor, Amalik Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0105
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Amalik Bay to Kinak Bay
    Amalik Bay to Kinak Bay
    We moved to a more sheltered bay due to approaching weather.
    Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0110
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bald Eagle
    Bald Eagle
    Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    Hidden Harbor, Kinak Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0195
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Columnar Basalt
    Columnar Basalt
    The Aleutian chain of islands shows a lot of evidence of volcanism.
    Hidden Harbor, Kinak Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0248
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pink Salmon
    Pink Salmon
    Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
    Hidden Harbor, Kinak Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0118
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dwarf Fireweed
    Dwarf Fireweed
    Epilobium latifolium
    Hidden Harbor, Kinak Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0121
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Boar
    Grizzly Bear Boar
    Ursus arctos - across the stream from us.
    Hidden Harbor, Kinak Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0252
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pink Salmon male
    Pink Salmon male
    Oncorhynchus gorbuscha - due to abundant fish, bears preferred female fish.
    Hidden Harbor, Kinak Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0128
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear Female
    Grizzly Bear Female
    Ursus arctos
    Hidden Harbor, Kinak Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0262
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Salmon Stream
    Salmon Stream
    Hidden Harbor, Kinak Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0129
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Harbor Seal
    Harbor Seal
    Phoca vitulina - seemed curious about us and our skiff.
    Hidden Harbor, Kinak Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0334
    Larry L. Jackson
  • M/V Coastal Explorer II
    M/V Coastal Explorer II
    Our accommodation for the first part of the trip.
    Hidden Harbor, Kinak Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 24, 2008
    2008-08-24#0142
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Harbor Seals
    Harbor Seals
    Phoca vitulina
    Hidden Harbor, Kinak Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska, August 25, 2008
    2008-08-25#0007
    Larry L. Jackson