Where is my salmon? It is July 7. Salmon run should have begun by now. The bear wonders!

Brown bears at Brooks Falls

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July 26th 2008
Ever since I have seen it in TV documentaries, I have been fascinated by that classic spectacle of salmon jumping up on a waterfall and a line of brown bears standing up on the fall waiting to catch. Later I came to know that the place where those shots have been filmed is in Alaska. The falls are called Brooks falls and they are in the Katmai National Park. During salmon runs, certain spots in th ... read more

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