Protective Mama Bear

A family of brown bears was looking for salmon in a bend in the river that seems to be a favourite fishing spot. The mother bear kept a watch from the shore as her cubs were concentrating more on eating than watching. Along came a male bear, who calmly took his place in the river and began to look for salmon. Suddenly, the other bear got a little too close to her cub and she roared out into the water in protest. The other bear calmly kept moving along out of her way. This photo was taken from a boat with a long lens to give the bears plenty of room to carry on with their fishing.