This is likely to be my last post of 2010, and I wanted to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you so much f...

It's raining here again in the Bay Area all weekend long. It feels like we haven't had a dry weekend since October. Its definitely...

Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving! This is a special day to spend with our family and friends, and to reflect on the many joys tha...

Our trip to Lake Tahoe in October wasn't all bears and salmon, as we took a drive around the lake on Sunday afternoon. It was unfortuna...

While reading online about the Kokanee salmon run in Taylor Creek off of Lake Tahoe before our trip, I learned that bears in the area have a...

A female black bear with a freshly caught male Kokanee salmon in Taylor Creek near Lake Tahoe. While this shot is an ok profile of the bear...

A black bear cub finishing up the last scraps of a Kokanee salmon on a log alongside of Taylor Creek. This was one of the few frames where ...

It was really fun to watch this playful cub bounce around the creek while his mother was focused on consuming as much salmon as possible...

This cute little black bear cub belongs to the mother bear from my previous posts. It was really fun to watch him bound around the creek sid...

A black bear finishing up a freshly caught Kokanee salmon. Early on in the encounter, she must have been fairly hungry since she ate just a...

There are times when you witness wildlife and it more or less leaves you breathless. Our encounter with the black bears feeding on Kokan...