Fortress of the Bear

 This post is a week old, but I didn't get internet in Sitka.  It was the first trip through Glacier Bay this year and a good one.  Lots of cool animals, and I had a nice time at the Inian islands, of course.




Eagles at the Inians

 Takatz Bay

 Greater White-Fronted Geese at the Magouns

 A Northern Pintail at the Magouns

 But the cool thing wasn't just that, it was going to the Fortress of the Bear, (a place where they have Brown and Black Bears in pens) in Sitka.
They have a few GIANT brown bears that have been well fed all their lives, so they keep growing.

 Reflection

 I like how their noses are built and their lips are really interesting too.  Here's a close up

 The ravens and eagles also hang out there, so I got some pictures of them too.

 And look at the lips, at how they extend out and back and are really stretchy and bendy.  Different than a human.

 Swimming

 Fighting

 Begging for food

 Landing

 And flying.  It was a great place for a few hours.