BEAR CALENDAR

Essential features of different months

General information on bears.

Bears are extremely shy, absolute silence in the hides is required. The bears are used to the sounds of cameras. There are usually several different bears in the area. In 2008 as many as 9 bears were seen simultaneously. Altogether 25 different bears were seen during the season. The probability to see a bear is 98%.


The bears move around the area from evening till morning, and are easy to photograph. The length of photographing time varies in different months. The distances of photographing start from three meters. 

APRIL

Mid April Sunrise 04.40 Sunset 21.00
The first bears come to the site in the end of March, when the snow cover can be one metre deep. At nights the temperature drops below zero. Weather conditions can change rapidly from snowing to sunshine. Th ere is plenty of snow until the end of the month, and the pond is frozen over until May. Wolverine moves around actively in April.

     April       April_1       April_and_Wolf

     Wolverine_Gulo_gulo_on_the_snow       Bear_on_the_soft_snow       Valeri_on_April

                   April_and_Valeri                      Running_Bear

MAY
Mid May Sunrise 02:50 Sunset 21:38
In the beginning of the month there is usually still some snow, and snowing is not rare, either. Th e pond melts halfway through the month. The one-year-old cubs come to the site in May. Rutting season of the bears begins in the end of the month. The scenery starts to turn green.


     Mating_time_on_May       Eyes       May_3

 

JUNE
Mid June Sunrise 01:20 Sunset 23:17
The scenery is green. The rutting season lasts till the end of the month, and the mating bears can be photographed starting at the end of the month. The nights are light and it is possible to photograph almost through the night. Cotton grass turns the scenery white in some places. Sunset and sunrise give great tones for photographing.  

     June       June_1       June_3

 

JULY
Mid July Sunrise 02:18 Sunset 22:30
The nights are light and it is possible to photograph almost through the night. Sunset and sunrise give great tones for photographing. Mist starts forming, softening the scenery. The scenery is green and lush.

     July_and_eyes   July_in_forest   July   July_and_shy_Bear

AUGUST
Mid August Sunrise 04:05 Sunset 20:40
The scenery is green and lush. Sunset and sunrise give great tones for photographing. The bears stay at the site longer periods towards autumn, as they need nourishment for the winter. Mist and fog soften the scenery.

     July_pond   August   August_1    Face

SEPTEMBER

Mid September Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:45
The female bears dare bring their one-year-old cubs to the site for the first time. The cubs often climb the trees. The bears come to the site often as early as afternoons and stay until the morning. The autumn mist and fog soften the scenery.
The autumn colours are to be seen everywhere in the scenery. In the end of the month there may be frosty mornings and you can see the bears’ breath steam in the cold.

     Bears_on_Setember       September_autumn_colours       September_1

     September       September_and_2_Bears       Bear_on_Autumn 

     September_and_Bear       September_and_colours       Bear_and_and_autumn_leaves 

                                                    Sitting_Bear
 
 

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