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15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Black Bear Family Portrait

This is a Black Bear family I was watching near Orr, Minnesota. The mother was very nervous because there were males in the area and kept having the cubs go up trees. When the males left near sundown, she was able to relax with her cubs and I got lucky enough to get them all looking the same way.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2017
Date Uploaded: 10.2017
Photo Location: Orr , Minnesota, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D4S
Copyright: © Jeff Galligan