–Editor’s note: A similar version of this post was published June 1, 2024.
In Yellowstone National Park, a distant view of grizzly bears can be as satisfying as an up-close roadside view because it requires a keen eye and the bears are in more of a natural setting.
Can you spot the momma grizzly bear and her three cubs in the image I captured in late May from a hillside above the Lamar Valley highway? (Answer at the bottom.)
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The bear family had been grazing on both sides of the highway, creating substantial traffic jams, or “bear jams.”
Momma bear is raising three first-year cubs, or cubs of the year, and the “COYS” were never far from mom while I watched them.
During this sighting the bears ascended the hillside opposite the valley after being run off by a bison herd in a meadow surrounded by sagebrush.
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They were too far for me to capture a detailed image, but immediately above is a cropped version of a different image from the same sighting that shows the bears in more detail.
The bears in the “quiz” images atop this post are circled below.
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