Bear Cub
This cub seems really small for this time of year, but well fed. It was troubling that there was no mama anywhere to be seen. But the cub didn't seem very concerned about being alone. He was calm and very relaxed and didn't seem to mind people watching him and paid little attention to the agitated horses running back and forth around the corrals.
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Sunning himself
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Cattle in the background
Cattle graze unconcerned on the hill in the distance.
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Resting
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Off the roof
After sunning for awhile on the roof, the cub climbed down.
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Along the fence
From the roof, along the fence, and over to the ladder...
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Down the Ladder
The cub climbed down the ladder to the ground.
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Acrobatics
The cub climbed along the fence rails, sometimes draping himself over the fence rails like a rag doll.
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On the fence post
Photo by Barbara and Paul Ellwood.
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Have to come back and look
Even though the smell of the bear cub spooked the horses, they had to come back to get a closer look at it. Photo by Barbara and Paul Ellwood.
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Sitting on the grass
After climbing off the roof of the tack shed, the cub sunned itself on a sunny spot next to the building.
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Watching the cub
The horses sniff the air and try to get a better look at the cub.
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Spooked Horses
The horses ran away, but kept coming back to get another look. Photo by Barbara and Paul Ellwood.
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Balancing Act
US 191 is not too far off to the left in this photo. Hoback Canyon, headed to Jackson Hole, is behind the green trees in the distance.
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Checking out the grain bucket
The cub climbed into the horse corral and checked out the horses' grain bucket.
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Climbing the fence
After tiring of the bucket, the cub climbed back onto the fence.
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Resting on the fence
The cub takes a rest on the top fence rail.
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Horse audience
The mule was the bravest to come up to the fence and watch. The horses kept more of a distance. The snow-capped Gros Ventre mountains are in the distance.
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Wandering around
The cub left the tack shed and corral area and wandered around the other buildings. Still no sign of the mother anywhere, yet the cub seemed unconcerned. The Gros Ventre mountains and wilderness area are in the distance.
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Exploring
The cub explored around the buildings.
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Climbing the wall
The cub decided to try and climb the wall along the back side of one of the buildings.
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Nowhere to go
The cub couldn't find any way to go any further up the side of the building, so climbed back down.
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Wandering around
The cub wandered around the ranch.
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More exploring
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Checking out the garbage cans
Next the cub checked out the garbage can enclosure, but he couldn't find a way to get in.
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Where to go next?
The cub looked off across the pasture as if trying to decide where to go next, and decided to run across the pasture over to the hay stack yard. Bondurant is off in the distance in this photo. The mountains in the background are the Wyoming Range.
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Over to the haystack
The cub ran off across the pasture over to the huge haystack. US 191 is between the haystack and the home on the hill. Bondurant and Pinedale are to the left, Hoback Canyon and Jackson Hole to the right. The mountain in the background is part of the Wyoming Range.
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Around the haystack
The cub walked around the giant haystack, disappearing from view around the left side. This haystack is where Lennie Campbell gets the hay to feed the livestock, which is the winter scene often seen in the Bondurant webcam. the loose hay is still stacked using horses and winter feeding of the livestock on the ranch is done with horses pulling a hay wagon.
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Tiny cub - huge haystack
The bear cub is dwarfed by the huge haystack. All in all, the cub spent about an hour up on the roof and wandering around the ranch, before going off to explore around the haystack and disappearing. He didn't make a sound the entire time and there was no sign of the mother.
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Dell Fork Ranch
View of the Dell Fork Ranch. The big haystack is off to the right. The ranch is owned by Paul and Barbara Ellwood. The Bondurant webcam is on the right side of the second building from the left.
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