....the beta bears are trying to put on weight:
During June and July the alpha bears hang out at the falls upstream, feasting on salmon and getting enormous while the smaller bears are pushed down to less favorable fishing spots.
The big ones usually come back sometime between now and mid-September before waddling off for the winter.
Here's the suite of all the cameras.
And here are the "Bears of Brooks River, 2021"
From Last October's "Where The Bears Are":
Really, really fat bears, up to 1400 pounds (635 kg)*
Do click through.
*These are the bears of Fat Bear Week 2020. We will be updating for 2021 soon!
