Tahoma, Bear and Cubs

Tahoma, Mother Bear

Out for an evening cycle ride through the woods and I was treated to an awesome sight – a mother bear and two cubs foraging in a small meadow.

Cycling back home, a child like scream was heard, and looking up from where it came, there was a young bear cub the other side of the meadow. Then another appeared, and then Mother, not too far away.

Slamming on the brakes and coming to an immediate stop, I grab my camera from it’s case and as quickly as possible switched to the zoom lens and started capturing photos.

The only trouble is that the zoom lens is difficult to hold steady without a tripod so a number of the photos came out shaky, which was a great shame as some would have been perfect. Something for me to work on getting better at.

Tahoma, Bear Cubs

However, the real joy was to watch these animals doing what they do naturally, it really was an awesome sight and one I will never forget. Especially the Mother bear tearing away at the bark of a tree to get to an ants nest and the young clubs playing together.

They are truly amazing animals and we should do everything to ensure they remain wild and a feature of Tahoe.

Here is a link to the Keep Me Wild campaign which provides some tips and education on how we can do just that and not just for the local bears.

More Tahoe Photos posted at Tahoe Photos and Tahoe Photos Gallery.