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superb! 🙂

Love this. There was a hoofing great eagle there a moment ago (not its official title, but it wasn't a buzzard so I don't know)

I will not get any work done now.

Easily the best thing on the interwebz today!

It really gets crazy as we move through July and the salmon run intensifies. I have seen 15 bears at the falls fishing for and fighting over salmon. It goes kind of quiet through August, then picks up steam in Sept and Oct as the spawning salmon are dying and the bears eat till they can't anymore. The big males can eat 20+ 5 lb salmon a day (4500 calories each). The mothers and cubs stay around the lower river cams more to keep the cubs safe from the big males.

I saw one bear get one but the other one didn't. Did it get one in the end? I'd go back and check but how would I know if it's the right bear, or if I've already missed it? Is there a highlights package, or a commentary option?

They're very patient... and some of those old buggers look like they could really do with a feed

Fantastic. Thank you 🙂

Is there a highlights package, or a commentary option?

You can drag the red Live feed line at the bottom of the cam picture back with your cursor and rewatch up to about 4 hours or so. You can also sign in (green button near the top) and can comment. If you don't sign in, you can still follow all the postings from viewers by scrolling down the page. There are several thousand followers, including quite a number in the UK, EU and elsewhere.

The big males who fish at the falls now weigh in the 600-800 lb range and by the end of summer and the salmon run, some will go well over 1000 lbs.

awesome i loves anything like this 😀

Anyone see a fish caught yet?

Anyone see a fish caught yet?

Right at the moment, not too many salmon running, but there is supposed to be another surge later today. Best times for bear activity at the falls and lower river tend to be early morning and early evening until dark, Alaska time.
During a fish run, you can see an endless stream of them trying to jump up the falls.

The big healthy looking fella down in the main stream appears to be averaging 3 or 4 per hour, but none of the others seem inclined to challenge him for the prime fishing spot..

that's some nature happening!

The big healthy looking fella

He is one of the most dominant males who frequent the falls. Doesn't take crap from anyone and when he wants a particular spot, he takes it. It's cool when the salmon are really running as some of the bears stand up on the lip of the falls and catch them mid-air.

There's fish around now. The bear furthest from the camera just got one at 18.53 and another at 19.02 UK time.

I have had this on most of the day, it is addictive stuff!

A little like the Kevin Richardson clips. Amazing animals.

The lower down one is just chillin' in the jacuzzi.

Got one! That salmon is MASSIVE!

Cheers for this! Hours can be consumed watching those bears - got the app too, there's some great other cams too. This place is awesome!!

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got the app too, there's some great other cams too. This place is awesome!!

That's ace. Ta .

It's called explore, I just grabbed it from the link to the website at the top of this page

near bear just got one, 22:35

and another 22:38, #plentyoffish

Great timing to watch!

that big ****er with the scabby arse is GOOD at this game !

There were 7 bears in frame at once whilst I was having my breakfast this morning!

It is all kicking off now. Salmon everywhere and the bears are just picking them off. Making it look easy.

Yes, just got to watch it again this afternoon - its like Christmas there are so many fish! So addictive to watch, I have a new obsession.

In the other thread about dream jobs, I reckon operating the bear webcam could be my dream job.

Bit raw in places isn't it (in both senses)

Can't someone ask the bears to eat them head first, not tail first. I haven't seen this much torture and writhing since Ramsey Bolton invited Theon over for a spot of dinner.

[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36320841 ]This is worth watching[/url]

This is worth watching

Pretty amazing. I am especially fascinated by the way the wings articulate through the full stroke. Can't be easy to break free of the water

I reckon operating the bear webcam could be my dream job.

Explore.org is always looking for volunteer cam operators. In fact, there is someone in the UK who is currently one of their remote operators.

PMSL at the salmon manically jumping. You don't even need the bears for entertainment

Wow - there must be a dozen salmon in the air at once.

Just the one bear though?

Just the one bear though?

There were 8 bears there early today and 3 or 4 off an on most of the day----most have retired to the wood to sleep of their "salmon coma". Most will return this evening/tonight for another round. The salmon travel in what they call pulses, with large waves arriving at various times. Edit: One bear ate 15 salmon earlier today in the space of an hour or so

Been waiting to see the bears today and unfortunately the first sighting was of one defecating. 😐

Still waiting for the bison to appear though, also prairie dogs.

So addictive. 🙂

Amazing to watch... I can't believe that I was so worried about the condition of some of those bears... more than enough fish to see 'em all through the winter 🙂

Wondering how many salmon each bear gets through in a day.

Mum top left, catching salmon for her cubs brilliant..

Wondering how many salmon each bear gets through in a day

The most I have seen is in a video someone made last year at the falls when a big male downed 20 salmon over a couple of hours. The fish weigh about 5 lbs on average and contain 4000-4500 calories.
They need all they can get to be ready for hibernation come late fall and no food for 4-6 months.

the first sighting was of one defecating.

Well you can now definitively answer one of lifes eternal questions, so not all bad! 😉

The fishing mums haven't been very effective yet! Lots crazy jumping, not much breakfast for babies

There are 3 people wading through the river downstream a bit. Not sure I'd want to be that close.

Nice find 🙂

@houndlegs have seen footage before from Alaska with people very close, bears only interested in the salmon

Not sure I'd want to be that close.

The camera compresses it and they are actually farther away than it looks. Visitor rules are you never approach any closer to a bear than 50 yards.
Have seen many a fisherman back slowly & carefully away when a bear wanders down the river.
In all the years that Brooks Camp has existed, I think there have only been a couple of minor injuries in bear/people confrontations (usually people being stupid). Park Rangers are on duty, dispersed around the camp, falls area and trails to keep things under control.

All visitors have to go through a bear orientation upon arrival.

Pretty hard to completely avoid the bears as there are an estimated 2200 bears in Katmai NP, although only a small number of those frequent Brooks River and Falls.

NOW!!!

Bison

Walrus who're rather noisy.

@cinnamon girl

You had asked the other day how many salmon the brown bears eat in a day and yesterday one of the NP Rangers spent some time observing one of the big males and he ate 37 fish in the space of a few hours. That's about 185 pounds of fish and 148,000 calories. Would take a lot of MTB to work that off 😀

That's a mad stat!! 148000 calories? I love this app - such a beautiful place, even without the bears and fish... I check 'my Bears' every day at the moment... Think I've become obsessed

busydog - 37 fish in a few hours? Blimey!! Apparently 100 bears descend on this particular stretch of water every year so there's clearly sufficient for them to feed on, nevertheless that's a hell of a lot of salmon!

So happy to have seen a bison although only from the back and side, was on its own too. There's a few hundred of them in the park.

Totally addictive. 😀

Tuned in, saw a bear - and then it caught a salmon in the first few minutes... ace!

This wins the internetz.

cinnamon girl---it is one hell of a meal, but the big males weigh between 700 and 900 lbs now and will weigh over 1000 lbs by fall and time to go to the den

Baby bears! Hanging around left of shot. Looks like they are watching mum.

Just had to watch Grizzly Man again... kinda wished that I hadn't now 😕

Bison with a passenger! Camera is pretty close. 8)

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Bison is on top of camera. 😯

http://explore.org/live-cams/player/plains-bison-grasslands-national-park-cam-2