catching some rays

The lead in image are from a visit this weekend with the polar bears at the Journey to Churchill exhibit. First there was this polar bear catching some rays.

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Taken September 5, 2020.

Posted by Jan Bjorklund on Sun, 09/06/20 20:56
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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sun, 09/06/20 20:57

perhaps not so much curious as cautious as this polar bear approached 2 other polar bears in their small outdoor pool

the zoo worker said this polar bear was really quite shy... I just find it hard to separate bear from bear but I guess if you work with them long enough one will become educated enough to separate bear from bear


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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sun, 09/06/20 20:58

I was watching this bear waiting for it to dive into the water as I have seen other bears do but rather it slithered along the cement and watching this polar bear one could almost see a wintry setting with the polar bear sliding across the snow and ice as it hunted a seal

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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sun, 09/06/20 20:59

same image but in a b&w format... cannot decide which I prefer

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Comments by S Roter on Mon, 09/07/20 15:08

I like the OP makes for a good beginning. I prefer the b/w image, it
show more detail. IMO


Comments by Sandi MacDonald on Tue, 09/08/20 09:40

I bet they can't wait for snow. All nice, Jan.;-)


Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Thu, 09/10/20 12:43

I included some past images of the polar bears in their big pool since when I was there this past Saturday their big pool sat empty and when I went today there were divers cleaning the pool.

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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Thu, 09/10/20 12:44

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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sat, 09/12/20 14:36

the curious bear in the first image in the comments started to slither down the rock to the water and I thought it was going to dive but the bear just ended up lying on the rock with its nose nearly in the water

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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sat, 09/12/20 14:37

the bear was really working that stick on a Thursday visit