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Banff National Park - Grizzly bear feeds on spawning fish near Vermilion Lakes
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Every once in a while, nature delivers. Here's some spectacular video of female grizzly bear #148 feeding on fish just a few minutes outside the Banff townsite in Banff National Park.
Unlike the great coastal salmon-bearing streams that provide a significant food source for grizzly bears, the occurrence is rare in the land-locked Mountain national parks. That's what makes this small pond full of spawning suckerfish so valuable. For nearly a week in early June, 2015, grizzly #148 caught and fed on fish in a similar way her mother (grizzly #64) taught her. The bounty benefits others too; smaller carnivores, raptors, and scavengers were drawn to the smell of fish and the scraps left behind.
Because the pond is so close to the popular Vermilion Lakes drive and Legacy trail, the area was closed to protect both wildlife and people. After a week, bellies were full, spawning was complete and rising water levels allowed the fish to disperse. We lifted the closure once grizzly bear #148 moved on to more traditional food sources in the area including freshly emerging grasses and sedges in meadows and along streams and rivers.
This video was captured by Resource Conservation officers on patrol in the area.
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The video shows a female grizzly bear (#148) feeding on fish just a few minutes outside the Banff townsite in Banff National Park (as well as a few other wildlife by way of still images). Unlike the great coastal salmon-bearing streams that provide a significant food source for grizzly bears, the occurrence is rare in the land-locked Mountain national parks.
Cette vidéo est aussi disponible en français à youtu.be/lkE0qEkSU1o
Unlike the great coastal salmon-bearing streams that provide a significant food source for grizzly bears, the occurrence is rare in the land-locked Mountain national parks. That's what makes this small pond full of spawning suckerfish so valuable. For nearly a week in early June, 2015, grizzly #148 caught and fed on fish in a similar way her mother (grizzly #64) taught her. The bounty benefits others too; smaller carnivores, raptors, and scavengers were drawn to the smell of fish and the scraps left behind.
Because the pond is so close to the popular Vermilion Lakes drive and Legacy trail, the area was closed to protect both wildlife and people. After a week, bellies were full, spawning was complete and rising water levels allowed the fish to disperse. We lifted the closure once grizzly bear #148 moved on to more traditional food sources in the area including freshly emerging grasses and sedges in meadows and along streams and rivers.
This video was captured by Resource Conservation officers on patrol in the area.
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The video shows a female grizzly bear (#148) feeding on fish just a few minutes outside the Banff townsite in Banff National Park (as well as a few other wildlife by way of still images). Unlike the great coastal salmon-bearing streams that provide a significant food source for grizzly bears, the occurrence is rare in the land-locked Mountain national parks.
Cette vidéo est aussi disponible en français à youtu.be/lkE0qEkSU1o